"Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue……" — Thomas a Kempis

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• A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
• Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
• Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
• I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
• One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
• If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — Arthur Ashe
• A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can… — Ibrahim Babangida
• In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
• Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
• Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
• Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
• Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

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