Mahatma Gandhi Quotes, School Quotes, Adversity Quotes

There will have to be rigid and iron discipline before we achieve anything great and enduring, and that discipline will not come by mere academic argument and appeal to reason and logic. Discipline is learnt in the school of adversity.

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Remember that adversity presents us with numerous possibilities for success, if we are just willing to see them.

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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

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When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

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Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

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I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.

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The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

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CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

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Our most significant opportunities will be found in times of greatest difficulty.

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I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning.

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Past and to come, seems best; things present, worse.

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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

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It is written that adversity introduces us to ourselves.

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Remember to be calm in adversity.

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Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will show that whatever happens to anybody it may be turned to beautiful results.

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Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

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Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that?

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Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

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