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Adversity does not build character,it reveals it

James Lane Allen

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James Lane Allen
American - Novelist
December 21, 1849 - February 18, 1925

I think it was coach Lombardi that said, 'Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.' And that's so true.

Mike Sherman

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

Brooke Shields

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. Im pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

Brooke Shields

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

Marv Levy

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

James Naismith

You think football builds character. It does not. It reveals character.

Bill Courtney

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

One of the great myths in America is that sports build character. They can and they should. Indeed, sports may be the perfect venue in which to build character. But sports don't build character unless a coach possesses character and intentionally teaches it. Sports can team with ethics and character and spirituality; virtuous coaching can integrate the body with the heart, the mind, and the soul.

Joe Ehrmann

We only truly discover who we really are in the face of tragedy and adversity, that being broken does not simply changes us, but reveals us!

David Trumble

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

Benjamin Harrison

A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.

Jean de la Bruyere

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Horace

To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer... that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.

Elliott Yamin

To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer...that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.

Elliott Yamin

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it

Horace

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