Adversity Quotes

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. (Aristotle)
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. View quote
Napoleon Hill
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue. View quote
Francis Bacon
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. View quote
Walt Disney
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. View quote
William Hazlitt
There is in every true 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. View quote
Washington Irving
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity. View quote
Ulysses S. Grant
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. View quote
Victor Hugo
Adversity is the first path to truth. View quote
Lord Byron
By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. View quote
Mark Twain
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that is not exactly displeasing. (François de La Rochefoucauld)
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. View quote
Lee Iacocca
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. View quote
Publilius Syrus
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. View quote
Francis Bacon
In adversity remember to keep an even mind. View quote
Horace
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. View quote
William Shakespeare
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. View quote
John Churton Collins
If there be light, then there is darkness if cold, heat if height, depth if solid, fluid if hard, soft if rough, smooth if calm, tempest if prosperity, adversity if life, death. View quote
Pythagoras
If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. View quote
Bill Clinton
Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it. (Cicero)
BACK, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity. View quote
Ben Jonson
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. View quote
George Washington
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. View quote
Anne Bradstreet