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Any port in a storm.
-Scottish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
-Chinese Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall.
-English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
-English Proverb
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Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us.
-Italian Proverb
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Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
-Proverb
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Stumbling is not falling.
-Proverb
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God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
-Proverb
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I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.
-Bryan Adams
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The reward of suffering is experience.
-Aeschylus
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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
-Aesop
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us--and those around us -- more effectively. Look for the learning.
-Eric Allenbaugh
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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
-Mary Kay Ash
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, This is a misfortune but To bear this worthily is good fortune.
-Marcus Aurelius
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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
-Francis Bacon
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When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
-H.K. Barclay
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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us.
-Henry Ward Beecher
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We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.
-Henry Ward Beecher
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
-Arnold Bennett
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
-Taylor Benson
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
-Ingmar Bergman
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They that sow in tears shall reap joy. Psalms 126:5
-Bible
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Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
-Bible
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Enter through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to damnation is wide, the road is clear, and many choose to travel it. But how narrow is the gate that leads to life, how rough the road, and how few there are who find it. Mathew 7:13-14
-Bible
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Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10
-Bible
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Books about Adversity
