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.
Josh BillingsWeak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
David HareAdversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters
Victor HugoFresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheFire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Martha GrahamHe who does not tire, tires adversity.
Martin TupperAs the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested in adversity
OvidWithout adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
Henry FieldingCourage is adversity's lamp.
Luc De VauvanarguesAdversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Josh BillingsNothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
PlutarchCertainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Francis BaconNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham LincolnAny man can win when things go his way, it's the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.
Jock EwingFor in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
BoethiusWe survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort
MenciusBy adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
Samuel DanielHe knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Cesare PaveseThe 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.
Jimmy CarterLife is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Anais NinIn prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.
James BurghAdversity reminds men of religion
LivyIt is noble and so regarded both among nations and individuals to keep faith in adversity
Titus Caius Silius ItalicusThe friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Ulysses S GrantMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TacitusShow me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity
Lou HoltzLove is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent
Robert HerrickProsperity makes friends, adversity tries them. - Maxims
Publilius SyrusWe see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
TacitusIt is noble and so regarded both among nations and individuals to keep faith in adversity
Titus Caius Silius ItalicusThe riders have comeback from the face of adversary... [we think he meant adversity!]
Phil LiggettEducation is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
AristotleAdversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.
Jean-Antoine Petit-SennOne thing I suffered from as a kid was I never felt adversity. The sense of being immune was, ludicrously, a painful one.
Diane ArbusTrue friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
George WashingtonYou'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Golda MeirA true friend is tested in adversity
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