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Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Aeschylus, The Suppliant Maidens
The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.
African Proverb
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Agatha Christie
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Alexander Smith
There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Calamity, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.
Andr? Gide
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies.
Andr? Gide, L'immoraliste
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
Anonymous
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry, Night Flight, 1931, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert
Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.
Antoine de Saint-Exup?ry, Wartime Writings 1939-1944, translated from French by Norah Purcell
It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Human suffering, while it is asleep, is shapeless. If it is wakened it takes the form of the waker.
Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The cold is a good counselor, but it is cold.
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
Ashleigh Brilliant
It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.
Author Unknown
We have no right to ask when sorrow comes, "Why did this happen to me?"
Author Unknown
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.
 
 
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