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Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.
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Zack W. Van
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I don’t need another ‘adversity builds character’ speech, Darren. That man is a chauvinistic pig. Where’s your adversity?”
Darren raised a brow. “I’m looking at it.
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Rachel E. Carter (Apprentice (The Black Mage, #2))
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Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it.
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Timothy Ferriss (The 4-Hour Workweek)
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Adversity does not build character, it reveals it,
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David Achord (Z14 (Zombie Rules #2))
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Does adversity build character? . . . It does not. Almost all people can stand adversity of one sort or another. If you want to test a person’s character, give him power.
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Andy Andrews (How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think)
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Adversity does more than build character. It changes the way we see the world.
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Michael R. French
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Adversity does not build character; it reveals it,” American novelist James Lane Allen is credited with saying.
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Guideposts (Daily Guideposts 2018: A Spirit-Lifting Devotional)
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I've never been part of the minority before, never have had to struggle to belong, so I figured I'd milk the experience for all it was worth. Don't they say adversity builds character?
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Apol Lejano-Massebieau
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Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it.
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John C. Maxwell (The Power of Your Potential: How to Break Through Your Limits)
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Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.
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Laura Baker Batts
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Adversity builds character
and character is who we are;
character moulds who we become
for all and not just for some.
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Matshona Dhliwayo
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Remember, adversity does not necessarily build character in a man—but it does reveal it.
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Rick Johnson (How to Talk So Your Husband Will Listen: And Listen So Your Husband Will Talk)
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Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it. Related: Money doesn’t change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.
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Timothy Ferriss (The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich)
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Don’t miss the value in your suffering. Adversity builds character.
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Brian Reese
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adversity didn’t build character. It revealed it.
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David Kazzie (Nightfall: An EMP Survival Thriller (American Midnight Book 2))
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I’ve held on to those memories for the longest; never
letting them go because it takes time – sometimes years –
to truly understand how a childhood adventure can impact
you.
When I look back, I marvel at how surreal that day had
been. It was the kind of misadventure one had only seen
in the movies and in all those stories the protagonists were
adults, some of whom did not make it. But we were just
children, and this was happening to us. And this was as real
as it could get.
For years after, numerous existential questions raced
through my head: Was God testing us? Were we handpicked
for it? Was it preordained? Th en the fog started to lift and I
saw it for what it was: a day in the jungle. Also, a day when
everything went wrong. I’d read somewhere that adversity
does not build character, it reveals it. We were tested, we
were pushed to the limits of our physical and emotional
endurance. We made it out alive, and it is important that
this experience be shared.
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Nidhie Sharma (INVICTUS)
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One of my favorite things to say now is, “Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.
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Lisa Jaster (Delete the Adjective: A Soldier’s Adventures in Ranger School)
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you’re afraid of it.
The good news is, you’re a part of the human race. And humans have never been and will never be short on it. No matter their credentials, humans are the most resilient animals to ever wear Levi’s. We have been dealing with it since saber-tooth tigers were a problem. Yet somehow we have always found a way, day-in and day-out, to deal with it. Whether it is big or small, our innate resilience is really extraordinary. Maybe our most extraordinary quality.
I want to reassure you that even though we might not like it, we’re built to deal with it. And that your it builds character.
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Jay Armstrong
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The good news is, you’re a part of the human race. And humans have never been and will never be short on it. No matter their credentials, humans are the most resilient animals to ever wear Levi’s. We have been dealing with it since saber-tooth tigers were a problem. Yet somehow we have always found a way, day-in and day-out, to deal with it. Whether it is big or small, our innate resilience is really extraordinary. Maybe our most extraordinary quality.
I want to reassure you that even though we might not like it, we’re built to deal with it. And that your it builds character.
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Jay Armstrong