No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful.

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Some of the things that beat the shit out of you . . . can beat the bullshit out of you too. ― Henry V. O'Neil

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Never to suffer would have been never to have been blessed

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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is. If you're not clear about this, then write it down, and rewrite it until the words express precisely what you are after. Every disadvantage has an equivalent advantage - if you'll take the trouble to find it. Learn to do that and you'll kick the stuffing out of adversity every time.

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A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way. ― Julia Cameron

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Affliction is a good man's shining time. ― Edward Young

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Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time. — Charles M. Schulz

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Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. ― George Washington Carver

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the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't ― Henry Ward Beecher

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I don't believe in failure. I'm perseverant - I believe in failing. ― Bauvard

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