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Quotes about Strength In Adversity
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
— Maya Angelou
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.
— Les Brown
We should give heed to what has been said by the heathen poet: "Do not yield to evils but proceed more boldly against them."15
— Martin Luther
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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— Mary Connealy
Picking up the pieces of a shattered dream is better than having no pieces to pick up at all.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Present trials strengthen you for future blessings.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Scars are your greatest medals in life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo