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It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop. —Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.”

Dieter F. Uchtdorf German airline executive and religious leader

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