"Adversity is another way to measure the..." - Quote by Lou Holtz
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
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“If you make a fist and hold it for two hours, you won't be able to pick up a glass because you'll be so weak. Let's stay loose. Let's have fun.”
“It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.”
“I think that we have opportunities all around us - sometimes we just don't recognize them.”
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“Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.”
“Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.”
“The thorny pointOf bare distress hath ta'en from me the showOf smooth civility; yet am I inland bredAnd know some nurture.”
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“The same wind that uproots trees makes the grass shine. The lordly wind loves the weakness and the lowness of grasses. Never brag of being strong. The axe doesn't worry how thick the branches are. It cuts them to pieces. But not the leaves. It leaves the leaves alone.”
“Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.”
“I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.”