adversity quotes

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.

You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

People want you to fail.

All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they’re gonna do it.