He 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 CarterWeak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
David HareMany who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
TacitusYou'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Golda MeirWe see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
TacitusBy adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
Samuel DanielIt is noble and so regarded both among nations and individuals to keep faith in adversity
Titus Caius Silius ItalicusShow me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity
Lou HoltzAdversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.
Jean-Antoine Petit-SennFire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Martha GrahamA true friend is tested in adversity
Quintus EnniusAdversity reminds men of religion
LivyEducation is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
AristotleCertainly 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 BaconOne 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 WashingtonWithout adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
Henry FieldingFresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheCourage is adversity's lamp.
Luc De VauvanarguesFor in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
BoethiusIn prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.
James BurghProsperity makes friends, adversity tries them. - Maxims
Publilius SyrusNothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
PlutarchWe survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort
MenciusThe riders have comeback from the face of adversary... [we think he meant adversity!]
Phil LiggettNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham LincolnAdversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters
Victor HugoAdversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Josh BillingsIt is noble and so regarded both among nations and individuals to keep faith in adversity
Titus Caius Silius ItalicusAs the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested in adversity
OvidLife is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Anais NinHe who does not tire, tires adversity.
Martin TupperAny man can win when things go his way, it's the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.
Jock EwingThe 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 GrantLove is maintain'd by wealth: when all is spent,
Adversity then breeds the discontent
Robert HerrickIf 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.
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