Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”
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Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”
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“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”
“If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.”
“Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.”
“Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.”
“When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.”
“Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.”
“One thing that I don't think my critics realize about me is that I've been trained to look adversity in the face.”
“As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.”
“It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.”
“Rankings, for most players, are like adversity because we all want to be the best. So you've just got to approach it like you would a tough situation on the court. You just have to respond.”
“I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.”
“Books on offer to preteen boys, for example, are all too often nihilistic, without a sense that the world is ordered and everything has a purpose and that those who strive hard and behave in noble, brave or self-sacrificing ways will triumph over adversity.”