"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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"A wounded deer leaps the highest."

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

Devito, Danny on adversity
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"I bring to my life a certain amount of mess."

Coppola, Francis Ford on adversity
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"Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture."

Colton, Charles Caleb 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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"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."

Collier, Robert on adversity
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"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life."

Brown, Les on action
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"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich on action
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"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. [James 1:22]"

Bible on action
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"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward."

Ford, Henry on adversity
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"He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles."

Fosdick, Harry Emerson on adversity
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"One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on agreement
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"Too much agreement kills the chat."

Cleaver, Eldridge on agreement   

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."

Angelou, Maya on aggression
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"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

Hill, Napoleon on adversity
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"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it."

Hazlitt, William on adversity
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"Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, Shake well before using. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable."

Havner, Vance on adversity
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"Never bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds; all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have."

Hale, Edward Everett on adversity
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"The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on adversity
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"March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path."

Gibran, Kahlil on adversity
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"One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night."

Gibran, Kahlil 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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"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

Gallagher, Robert C. on adversity
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"I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments."

Frank, Anne on adversity
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"Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues."

France, Anatole on adversity
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"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. [Matthew 7:12]"

Bible on action
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"The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."

Plutarch on achievement
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"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense."

Bennett, Thomas A. on achievement
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"It's your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude."

Ziglar, Zig on achievement
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"Out of the strain of doing and into the peace of the done."

Woodruff, Julia on achievement
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"Don't mistake activity for achievement."

Wooden, John on achievement
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"To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working."

Weaver, Dennis on achievement
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"Accomplishment is easiest when we work the hardest, and it is hardest when we work the easiest."

Unknown, Source on achievement
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"Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction."

Tracy, Brian on achievement
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"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."

Thatcher, Margaret on achievement
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"Where there is a will there is a way. is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so -- to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself."

Smiles, Samuel on achievement
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"The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on achievement
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"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

Robinson, Eddie on achievement
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"The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You're willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what's working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way."

Robbins, Anthony on achievement
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