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Managing Adversity

The difficulty in life is the choice. --George Moore, The Bending of the Bough, [1900], act IV
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. --Seneca
The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.... --Unknown
The people who are really failures are the people who set their standards so low, keep the bar at such a safe level, that they never run the risk of failure. --Robert Schuller
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty. --L.P. Jacks
The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in? --Dan Quayle
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them. --Phyllis Bottome
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. --Henry Kissinger
There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. --Lou Reed, "Magic and Loss"
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others. --Madame De Maintenon
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
The worst prison would be a closed heart. --Unknown
'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. --Alfred Lord Tennyson
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows like a song. But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. --Ella Wheeler Wilcox
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have. --Unknown
To err is human, to forgive divine. --Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. --Bernadette Devlin
To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none. (Dolendi modus, timendi non item.) --Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles

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		Management Insights Managing Adversity The difficulty in life is the choice. --George Moore, The Bending of the Bough, [1900], act IV The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. --Seneca The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.... --Unknown The people who are really failures are the people who set their standards so low, keep the bar at such a safe level, that they never run the risk of failure. --Robert Schuller The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty. --L.P. Jacks The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in? --Dan Quayle There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them. --Phyllis Bottome There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. --Henry Kissinger There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out. --Lou Reed, "Magic and Loss" The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others. --Madame De Maintenon The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr. The worst prison would be a closed heart. --Unknown 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. --Alfred Lord Tennyson 'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows like a song. But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. --Ella Wheeler Wilcox To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have. --Unknown To err is human, to forgive divine. --Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. --Bernadette Devlin To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none. (Dolendi modus, timendi non item.) --Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles Page: 1 \| 2 IIM Executive Education and Management Training IIM experts research, develop and disseminate management-best-practices and learned-lessons from the leading management gurus. For advanced executive education and training opportunities, please refer to IIM Management Training Courses

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