| "adversity is sometimes hard upon a man but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity." »Thomas Carlyle |
| "In adversity remember to keep an even mind." »Horace |
| "adversity is the first path to truth." »George Gordon Byron |
| "By courage I repel adversity." »Anonymous |
| "Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity." »Chilo |
| "Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them." »Publilius Syrus |
| "adversity does teach who your real friends are." »Lois McMaster Bujold |
| "adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not." »Henry Fielding |
| "Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater." »William Hazlitt |
| "We become wiser by adversity prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| "adversity makes men wise but not rich." »John Ray |
| "adversity makes a man wise, not rich." »Romanian Proverb |
| "By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean." »Mark Twain |
| "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." »Anne Bradstreet |
| "Fire is the test of gold adversity, of strong men." »Seneca |
| "Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity." »Charles Caleb Colton |
| "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." »Proverbs 1717 Bible |
| "The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| "Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring." »Chinese Proverb |
| "adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." »Horace |
| "Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit." »Napolean Hill |
| "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." »Abraham Lincoln |
| "Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it." »Cicero |
| "Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head." »William Shakespeare |
| "True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." »George Washington |
| "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 |
| "A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain." »William Shakespeare |
| "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." »George Washington |
| "One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity." »Albert Schweitzer |
| "Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat." »Ryszard Kapuscinski |
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