Adversity Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.

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.

Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

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

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.