From Allswaga.com | Alvin
September 1, 2010

1. Tough times never last, but tough people do.  - Robert H
Schuller

2. The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how
you use them. – Unknown

3. Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and
grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray
when the sun shines.  - Leroy Satchel Paige

4. A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke
Ellington

5. I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. – Jewish
Proverb

6. If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it,
change the way you think about it. – Mary Engelbreit

7. When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they
could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought
that things are so bad they have to get better. – Malcolm S
Forbes

8. Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession
pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.  - William
Hazlitt

9. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show
you someone who has overcome adversity. – Lou Holtz

10. I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength
from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little
minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience
approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.  -
Thomas Paine

11. If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you
are?  - Unknown

12. The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can
better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than
those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. -
Ulysses S. Grant

13. The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling
against adversity.  – Seneca

14. Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can
control is how we react to it.  – Unknown

15. The true test of a person character is how they stand during test
of adversity - Unknown

16. The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from
what the average man is. – Charles M Schwab

17. He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. – William
Samuel Johnson

18. In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep
busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. – Lee
Iacocca

19. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. –
Publilius Syrus

20. One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only
strength which can overcome adversity. – Albert Schweitzer