Adversity Quotes

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

Men, Power, Character

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Epicurus

Courage, Happy, Difficult

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.
Malcolm X

Time, Defeat, Next

The 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. Grant

Trust, Sunshine, Friend

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.
Walt Disney

Life, Best, May

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill

Failure, Heartache, Equal

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
John F. Kennedy

Success, Hope, Home

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
Lee Iacocca

Great, Best, Positive

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain

Mean, Trying, Another

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington

Friendship, True, Before

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
C. S. Lewis

Long, Weather, Devil

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare

Men, Wise, Wisest

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Zig Ziglar

Successful, Sometimes, Become

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
William Shakespeare

Sweet, Ugly, Head

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle

Education, Prosperity, Refuge

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
Chanakya

Wife, Friend, While

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Anais Nin

Life, Lose, Defeat

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
John Wooden

Free, State, Himself

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Albert Schweitzer

Strength, Obstacles, Overcome

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington

Friendship, Before, Growth

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
Arthur Golden

Strong, Cannot, Away

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
William Arthur Ward

Men, Others, Break

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Victor Hugo

Men, Makes, Prosperity

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.
LL Cool J

Strong, Calm, Step

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.
William J. Clinton

Live, Mistakes, Long

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
Thomas Carlyle

Heaven, Diamond, Dust

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.
Washington Irving

Heart, True, Woman

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Men, War, Brave

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Means, Fresh, Overcoming

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.
W. Clement Stone

Great, Successful, Words

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