"Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be……" — Charles Caleb Colton
"Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings."
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484 Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton has 484 quotes on this site.
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Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
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We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.
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Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that…
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Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number;…
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Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us…
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There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
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Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud…
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To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
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Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.
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Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but…
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We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine, but if defer…
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Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to…
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus…
— James E. Faust
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For a Christian to defy adversities is to "despise" chastisement. Instead of hardening himself to endure stoically, there should be…
— Arthur W. Pink
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In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
— Chinmayananda Saraswati
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Always walking along despite the dangers and adversities, despite the injustices and horrors, trusting in God so as not to…
— Tariq Ramadan
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Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.
— John C. Maxwell
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
— Sophocles
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If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.
— Dallin H. Oaks
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When we give thanks in all things, we see hardships and adversities in the context of the purpose of life...…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Thoughts are things. Negativity is what kills you... It's tough to do, but you've got to work at living, you…
— Jack LaLanne
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