Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head… (As You Like It)
Adversity Quotes
A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.
And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day. Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy. (Romeo and Juliet)
When you fall into a pit, you either die or get out.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best discover virtue.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We can attempt nothing great, but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
