"In a dark time, the eye begins to see."

Roethke, Theodore on Adversity
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"As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man."

Kempis, Thomas on Adversity
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

King Jr. Martin Luther on Adversity
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"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?"

Kennedy, Rose F. on Adversity
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"Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or by the handle."

Lowell, James Russell on Adversity
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"Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor."

Lowell, James Russell on Democracy
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"Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances."

Lowell, James Russell on Discipline
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"But I will be a bridegroom in my death, and run into a lover's bed."

Shakespeare, William on Death and Dying
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"All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity."

Shakespeare, William on Death and Dying
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"Thought are but dreams till their effects are tried."

Shakespeare, William on Dreams
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"Peace is the first thing the angels sang."

Leo The Great on Angels
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"To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind."

Gautier, Theophile on Admiration
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"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."

Fuller, Thomas on Absence
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"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."

Jones, Charles ''Tremendous'' on Adversity
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"I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it."

Jackson, Janet on Adversity
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"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."

Cocteau, Jean on Adversity
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"What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise."

Collins, Kitty O'neill on Adversity
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"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Adversity
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"Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul."

Ford, Elias A. on Adversity
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"The proof of gold is fire..."

Franklin, Benjamin on Adversity
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"Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you."

Gesser on Adversity
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"Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this."

Homer on Adversity
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"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce."

Horton, Doug on Adversity
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"Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him."

Howe, Edgar Watson on Adversity
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"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters."

Hugo, Victor on Adversity
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"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."

Irving, Washington on Adversity
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"There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

Irving, Washington on Adversity
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"Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive."

James, Clive on Worry
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