Adversity Quotes

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

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.

Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

I consider adversity being good sometimes you know.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

He who does not tire, tires adversity.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.