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title: "9 Triumph over adversity Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“Home is not defined by walls; it's the unwavering sense of love and protection we carry within us, wherever we may go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ionut-alin-hoisan/home-is-not-defined-by-walls-it-s-the-unwavering-sense-of-love-and/)

[Ionut Alin Hoisan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ionut-alin-hoisan/)

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> [Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/flom-had-the-same-experience-he-didn-t-triumph-over-adversity-instead/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-switzer/triumph-over-adversity-that-s-what-the-marathon-is-all-about-nothing/)

[Kathrine Switzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathrine-switzer/)

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> [Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/great-men-rejoice-in-adversity-just-as-brave-soldiers-triumph-in-war/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [If you have your mind in the right direction, and your heart is full of the right kind of stuff, you'll succeed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milo-ventimiglia/if-you-have-your-mind-in-the-right-direction-and-your-heart-is-full/)

[Milo Ventimiglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milo-ventimiglia/)

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> [Books on offer to preteen boys, for example, are all too often nihilistic, without a sense that the world is ordered and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-devine/books-on-offer-to-preteen-boys-for-example-are-all-too-often/)

[Miranda Devine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-devine/)

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> [Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-owen/like-all-the-other-arrivals-to-the-tournament-hank-had-erected-a/)

[James A. Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-owen/)

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> [What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-w-kimball/what-could-you-do-better-for-your-children-and-your-children-s/)

[Spencer W. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-w-kimball/)

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> [Man must be able to recover, to win out, triumph over adversity. And I don't mean just the little adversity like paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-capra/man-must-be-able-to-recover-to-win-out-triumph-over-adversity-and-i/)

[Frank Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-capra/)

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