Adversity Quotes

In the hour of adversity be not without hope, for crystal rain falls from black clouds.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.

I’ve always come back from adversity, and I’ve always had the mentality of proving people wrong.

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

Concessions to adversaries only end in self reproach, and the more strictly they are avoided the greater will be the chance of security.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.