ADVERSITY

HAS THE EFFECT

OF ELICITING TALENTS

WHICH IN PROSPEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES

WOULD HAVE LAIN DORMANT.

--HORACE

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§ Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared. – Eddie Rickenbacker

§ In difficult situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are safest. – Lily (29 BC)

§ Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering
can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller

§ To be a champion you have to believe in yourself when no one else will. – Sugar Ray Robinson

§ Don’t give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half. – Paul “Bear” Bryant

§ There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something. –Trammell Crow

§ Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore, avoid

undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. – Socrates

§ Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility. – Kahlil Gibran

§ Character consists of what you do on the third and forth tries. – James Michener

§ Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – George S. Patton

§ Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. – Plutarch

§ He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears. – Montaigne

§ Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair. – Edmund Burke

§ It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. – Seneca

§ A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. – English Proverb

§ In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein

§ In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. – Vince Lombardi

§ Opportunity’s favorite disguise is trouble. – Frank Tyger

§ Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. – Seneca

§ The best way out is always through. –Robert Frost

§ Inches make champions. –Vince Lombardi

§ THE OBSTACLE IS THE PATH. – Zen Saying

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