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Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity

A Select Collection of Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity

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Thomas Carlyle: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong.

Chinese proverb: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

Epictetus: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Carl Jung: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown.

Nelson Mandela: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.

Elbert Hubbard: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Thomas Paine: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Carlyle: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The idea is in thyself. The impediment, too, is in thyself.

Roger Bannister: Inspirational Quotations: Overcoming Adversity
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

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