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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. -- Neal, John | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Neal, John at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. -- Proverb, Chinese | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Proverb, Chinese at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. -- Horace | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Horace at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A man is a god in ruins. -- Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Emerson, Ralph Waldo at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. -- Saadi | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Saadi at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe. -- Westcott, Edward Noyes | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Westcott, Edward Noyes at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- Proverb, English | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Proverb, English at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A stumble may prevent a fall. -- Proverb, English | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Proverb, English at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com A wounded deer leaps the highest. -- Dickinson, Emily | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Dickinson, Emily at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him. -- Howe, Edgar Watson | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Howe, Edgar Watson at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. -- James, William | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by James, William at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is. -- Kempis, Thomas | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Kempis, Thomas at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records. -- Ward, William A. | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Ward, William A. at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth. -- Kierkegaard, Soren | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Kierkegaard, Soren at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. -- Horace | Adversity Send to friend | View Books by Horace at Amazon.com | Books about Adversity at Amazon.com Quote: 1-15 of 230 Pages: 1 of 16 next  View all quotes