"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

Devito, Danny on adversity
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"The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear."

Billings, Josh on anxiety
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"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."

Malcolm X 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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"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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"Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this."

Homer on adversity
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"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

Gallagher, Robert C. on adversity
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"Failure is success if we learn from it."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on adversity
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"Gray skies are just clouds passing over."

Ellington, Duke on adversity
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"A wounded deer leaps the highest."

Dickinson, Emily on adversity
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"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight."

Franklin, Benjamin on anxiety
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