26 quotes about adversity

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

Elvis Presley

MusicianAmerican1935 · 20th century

3.4 · 47 votes · 112 reads

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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

CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

4.9 · 41 votes

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As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.

Ovid

PoetRoman-43 · 1st century BC

4.5 · 21 votes · 103 reads

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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 growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

George Washington

PoliticianAmerican1732 · 18th century

4.6 · 51 votes · 186 reads

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

Aristotle

PhilosopherGreek-384 · 4th century BC

3.1 · 58 votes · 182 reads

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Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

PoetGerman1749 · 18th century

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Friends are proved by adversity.

Marcus Tulius Cicero

PoliticianRoman-106 · 2nd century BC

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Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.

Marcus Tulius Cicero

PoliticianRoman-106 · 2nd century BC

4.5 · 26 votes · 185 reads

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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Charles Caleb Colton

AuthorBritish1780 · 18th century

3.8 · 22 votes

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Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

Christine Lagarde

EconomistFrench1956 · 20th century

4.8 · 40 votes · 105 reads

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Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
Chinese proverb
Chinese
3.1 · 64 votes · 41 reads
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I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.
Jose Maria Aznar
PoliticianSpanish1953 · 20th century
4.0 · 14 votes · 139 reads
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
Ted Turner
BusinessmanAmerican1938 · 20th century
3.3 · 18 votes · 181 reads
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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
PoliticianAmerican1946 · 20th century
4.3 · 64 votes · 149 reads
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It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
Proverb
Anonymous
3.6 · 31 votes · 184 reads
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Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
Horace
PoetRoman-65 · 1st century BC
3.7 · 41 votes · 174 reads
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Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
Proverb
Anonymous
4.0 · 53 votes · 98 reads
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
PoliticianAmerican1809 · 19th century
4.4 · 31 votes · 54 reads
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Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Plutarch
EssayistGreek46 · 1st century
5.0 · 30 votes · 179 reads
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Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.
Francis Bacon
PhilosopherBritish1561 · 16th century
3.2 · 6 votes · 57 reads
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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Publilius Syrus
WriterRoman-46 · 1st century BC
3.3 · 27 votes · 144 reads
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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
PoliticianSwiss1712 · 18th century
4.0 · 49 votes · 152 reads
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Seneca
PhilosopherRoman-4 · 1st century BC
4.8 · 36 votes · 25 reads
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There is no education like adversity.
Benjamin Disraeli
PoliticianBritish1804 · 19th century
3.2 · 31 votes · 48 reads
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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
PoliticianAmerican1732 · 18th century
3.2 · 40 votes · 158 reads
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Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
Henry Fielding
NovelistEnglish1707 · 18th century
3.1 · 27 votes · 1 reads
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