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> [I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and courage to overcome. I once stood on a street in Trondheim, Norway, looking up at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/i-have-come-to-know-that-adversity-really-means-the-things-in-life/)

Alvin R. Dyer

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## More by Alvin R. Dyer

> [What I believe...about more sleep than is needful concerns the individual who goes far beyond the need, developing slothful and lazy habits, which deaden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/what-i-believe-about-more-sleep-than-is-needful-concerns-the/)

Alvin R. Dyer

> [The true destiny of America is religious, not political: it is spiritual, not physical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/the-true-destiny-of-america-is-religious-not-political-it-is/)

Alvin R. Dyer

> [I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/i-have-come-to-know-that-adversity-really-means-the-things-in-life/)

Alvin R. Dyer

> [A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned to resist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-r-dyer/a-self-made-man-if-he-is-made-at-all-has-already-won-the-battle-of/)

Alvin R. Dyer

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