Adversity Quotes

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

Romanian Prove

Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.

William Shakespeare

In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.

James Burgh

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.

William Shakespeare

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Victor Marie Hugo

By courage I repel adversity.

Anonymous

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.

Sir Francis Bacon, Of Adversity

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 1717 Bible

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Seneca, Epistles

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

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Publilius Syrus

To see a man fearless in dangers. untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

Seneca