Adversity Quotes

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.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is best from the top.

All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, but by rising above them.

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.