All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, but by rising above them.
Adversity Quotes
In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.
Back, n. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity.
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
A spiritually optimistic point of view holds that the universe is woven out of a fabric of love. Everything that is happening is ultimately for the good if we’re willing to face it head-on and use our adversities for soul growth.
The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.
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.
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity would seem to be this. The friends of a great man were made by his fortunes, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.
