Dealing With Adversity - page 1

When bad things happen, that's good. (When good things happen, you shouldn't need a philosophy.)
- Mike Mathers, adapted

It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
- Edmund Burke (1729-97)

You have no friends; you have no enemies; you have only teachers.
- Ancient saying

Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.
- Ken Keyes, Jr.

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God.
- Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Looking back, we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.
- Dan Millman, adapted

Old age, to the unlearned, is winter; to the learned, it is harvest time.
- Yiddish saying

I'm looking forward to looking back on all this.
- Sandra Knell

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
- Helen Keller (1880-1968)