Horace Quotes, Adversity Quotes, Genius Quotes

Adversity reveals the genius of a general; good fortune conceals it.

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Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Sweet Quotes , Adversity Quotes

One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.

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Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Strong Women Quotes , Adversity Quotes

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Issues Quotes

When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Evil Quotes

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Sleep Quotes

But we must not suffer over the suffering.

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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

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Tags : Aimee Mullins Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Responsibility Quotes

I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Horse Quotes , Adversity Quotes

It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Mean Quotes , Adversity Quotes

We shall go forward together. The road upwards is stony. There are upon our journey dark and dangerous valleys through which we have to make and fight our way. But it is sure and certain that if we persevere - and we shall persevere - we shall come through these dark and dangerous valleys into a sunlight broader and more genial and more lasting than mankind has ever known.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Fighting Quotes

Sometimes in life, things happen that will knock you back. Hell, you may get beaten to your knees but you must never ALLOW this world to knock you down! Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!

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Tags : Adam Johnson Quotes , Motivational Quotes , Adversity Quotes

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Lying Quotes , Adversity Quotes

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Men Quotes

He is the most wretched of men who has never felt adversity.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Men Quotes

I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Running Quotes , Adversity Quotes

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

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Tags : Khalil Gibran Quotes , Pain Quotes , Adversity Quotes

We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Adversity Quotes , Choices Quotes

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Adversity Quotes

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

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