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We cannot conduct reforms that affect the people adversely. If therapy drags out for decades and no gleam of light is seen, it is certainly not in the interests of the country, not in the interests of the people. (Quote by - Yevgeny Primakov)

There's been plenty of adversity, starting the moment he was born. He had a respiratory crisis, and it was touch and go for a week whether he would survive. I think ever since, you can feel this pulse in the guy, an almost physical enthusiasm. (Quote by - James Taylor)

Adversity in life teaches you. (Quote by - Tony Gonzalez)

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. (Quote by - Seneca)

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. (Quote by - C.S. Lewis)

This team has shown it can fight back from adversity. (Quote by - Ricky Ponting)

I asked them to dig down and show some character and overcome adversity. It has been a rough last week for us, and hopefully we'll stay on the right track. (Quote by - Dave Glasgow)

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. (Quote by - Chanakya)

Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte. (Quote by - Arthur Bryant)

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it. (Quote by - Oliver Goldsmith)

If they're stopping him from taking his sabbatical, that is an adverse employment action. (Quote by - David Lane)

Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. (Quote by - Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Adversity is the first path to truth; He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won the experience which is deemed so weighty. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

Adversity, ladies. How are we going to react?. (Quote by - Maggie Dixon)

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides. (Quote by - David Hare)

We certainly created some adversity for ourselves to overcome out there, .. but I was really pleased with how we responded time in and time out. Nobody's ever happy with penalties. Nobody's ever happy with turnovers. But I think it's most important to establish how you respond to that stuff when it happens in the game. (Quote by - Nick Saban)

His overthrow heaped happiness upon him; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little. (Quote by - William Shakespeare)

It's obviously nice to win some games with a little adversity, but we need to get better. It's nice to be 13-1, but by no means are we ready for conference play. (Quote by - David Lane)

Is made more sacred by adversity. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)

With what we have been through, all the adversity, this feels good. Now we have to take what we've learned from this and take it on the road with us. (Quote by - Joakim Noah)

This team has worked hard and has battled through adversity . They deserve to make the playoffs. (Quote by - Tommy Aldridge)

I'm proud of these guys, to face that kind of adversity and still go out and play hard and stay focused. They did a good job of playing through it. They're still hurting big time, but this takes the pain away a little bit. (Quote by - Bill Olsen)

Adversity breaks the inferior man's will but only bends the superior man's spirit. Outward influence is denied the great man, who accordingly uses words sparingly but retains his central position. (Quote by - I Ching)

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. (Quote by - Anais Nin)

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. (Quote by - Zig Ziglar)

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