Adversity Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Adversity.
Top Quotes
“Perseverance”
“Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.”
“Adversæ res admonent religionum.”
“How full of briers is this working-day world!”
“It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.”
“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.”
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
“was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn stärker”
“Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from impatience.”
“If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.”
“In all distresses of our friends
We first consult our private ends.”
“The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.”
“In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.”
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
For wise men say it is the wisest course.”
“Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.”
“Then know, that I have little wealth to lose;
A man I am cross'd with adversity.”
“Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.”
“In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.”
“...abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity...”