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QuotaBillsAdversity makes men think of God. - Livy
Adversity is the first path to truth. - Lord Byron
Adversity tests a man's true character. - Unknown
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Stand up for truth, regardless of who steps on it. - Suzy Kassem
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. - William Hazlitt
The wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not. - Annette Funicello
Retire? I can't spell the word. I'd play in a wheelchair. - Keith Richards
Plugthug: Someone who'd kill for access to recharging facilities - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. - L. Ron Hubbard
A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures. - James E Faust
Knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. - Peter F Drucker
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha.' - Ernst Haas
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization. - Chen Guangcheng
Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. - Jean-Jacques Rosseau
Slaves who are disabled from working shall be provided for by their masters. - Unknown
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. - Billy Graham
You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. - Indira Gandhi
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Actions, looks, words and steps form the alphabet by which you may spell character. - Johann Kasper Lavater
In times of prosperity friends will be plenty;
In time of adversity not one in twenty. - English Proverb
Judging a child taking his first steps for not being able to run a marathon is shortsighted. - Tyler Winklevoss
Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. - Robert G. Ingersoll
Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society. - Rush Limbaugh
In times of great stress or adversity, plow your anger and your energy into something positive. - Lee Iacocca
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius
Even in the midst of life's adversity, struggle or strife, love's enduring presence remains steadfast. - Eleesha
A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. - William Arthur Ward
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. - Vance Havner
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger. - Lou Holtz
Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. - John Wooden
Hope itself is like a star - not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity. - Charles H Spurgeon
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. - Elvis Presley
Sometimes, giving up your privacy is a little like going to the dentist and we have let him have access that no one's ever had. - Tom Petty
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. - Samuel Daniel
It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed. - Ram Dass
You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels. - Sheila Ballantyne
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. - Anne Bradstreet
Four steps to achievement:
1. Plan purposefully.
2. Prepare prayerfully.
3. Proceed positively.
4. Pursue persistently. - William A. Ward