Adversity Quotes - page 2

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. (Og Mandino)
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. View quote
Francis Bacon
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends. View quote
Plutarch
You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity. View quote
Golda Meir
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. View quote
Malcolm X
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. View quote
Albert Schweitzer
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. View quote
John Wooden
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. View quote
Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. View quote
Horace
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. View quote
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A wretched soul bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain. (William Shakespeare)
There is no education like adversity. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated. View quote
Brad Henry
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless. View quote
Scott Hamilton
In prosperous times the mercantile classes often realize fortunes, which go far towards securing them against the future; but unfortunately the working classes, though they share in the general prosperity, do not share in it so largely as in the general adversity. View quote
Thomas Malthus
Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be! For gentleness and love and trust Prevail o'er angry wave and gust; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love... View quote
Henry Taylor
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. View quote
Simon Newcomb
When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had. View quote
Ambrose Bierce
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. View quote
Seneca
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. (Anaïs Nin)
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is. View quote
Thomas à Kempis
Adversity does teach who your real friends are. View quote
Lois McMaster Bujold
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; 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
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. View quote
W. Clement Stone