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
Adversity Causes Some Men To Break; Others To Break Records.
- William Arthur Ward
Adversity Is The Trial Of Principle. Without It A Man Hardly Knows Whether He Is Honest Or Not.
- Henry Fielding
Fire Is The Test Of Gold; Adversity, Of Strong Men.
- Seneca
Be More Prompt To Go To A Friend In Adversity Than In Prosperity.
- Chilo
You Will Never Truly Know Yourself Or The Strength Of Your Relationships Until Both Have Been Tested By Adversity.
- J. K. Rowling
He Knows Not His Own Strength That Hath Not Met Adversity.
- Ben Jonson
Adversity Is The Touchstone Of Friendship.
- French Proverb
A Man I Am Cross’d With Adversity.
A stumble is not a fall.
- Haitian
In Adversity Remember To Keep An Even Mind.
- Horace
Remember That There Is Nothing Stable In Human Affairs; Therefore Avoid Undue Elation In Prosperity, Or Undue Depression In Adversity.
- Socrates
By Courage I Repel Adversity. (Adversa Virtute Repello)
- Anonymous
Sweet Are The Uses Of Adversity, Which, Like A Toad, Though Ugly And Venomous, Wears Yet A Precious Jewel In Its Head.
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.
- Anne Bradstreet
He That Can Heroically Endure Adversity Will Bear Prosperity With Equal Greatness Of The Soul; For The Mind That Cannot Be Dejected By The Former Is Not Likely To Be Transported Without The Latter.
Prosperity Makes Friends, Adversity Tries Them.
- Publilius Syrus
Friendship Make Prosperity More Shining And Lessens Adversity By Dividing And Sharing It.
- Cicero
In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us; In Adversity We Know Our Friends.
- John Churton Collins
Adversity Is The State In Which Man Most Easily Becomes Acquainted With Himself, Being Especially Free Of Admirers Then.
- Samuel Johnson
Let Me Embrace Thee, Sour Adversity, For Wise Men Say It Is The Wisest Course.
By Trying We Can Easily Learn To Endure Adversity. Another Man’s, I Mean.
- Mark Twain
Always Seek Out The Seed Of Triumph In Every Adversity.
- Og Mandino
When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out.
- Chinese
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