In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
Brigham Young

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
King Solomon

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

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
Wilma Mankiller

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me.
Brett Favre

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

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.
Horace

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

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

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
Tacitus

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.
Lactantius

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

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Plutarch

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

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
William Hazlitt

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Plutarch

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
Francis Bacon

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Publilius Syrus

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
Rose Kennedy