Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Henry Ward Beecher · DisciplineDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
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What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.
Kitty O'neill Collins · AdversityThere are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
Charles Caleb Colton · AdversityI bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
Francis Ford Coppola · AdversityIn order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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