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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

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Sometimes the easiest way is the hard way.

John Finn

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Francis Bacon

— Francis Bacon, Essays, Of Adversity (1597).

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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Francis Bacon

— Francis Bacon, Essays, Of Adversity (1597).

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If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.


— The Bible, Proverbs, 24:10.

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

seneca the younger

— Seneca the Younger, De Providentia, 5, 9.

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

publilius syrus

— Publius Syrus, Sentences, Maxim 872.

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Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow. But crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.

Oliver Goldsmith

— Oliver Goldsmith, The Captivity, Act I.

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The good are better made by ill, as odours crushed are sweeter still.

samuel rogers

— Samuel Rogers, Jacqueline, Stanza 3.

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In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.


— Horatius Bonar, p. 7.

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How full of briers is this working-day world!


— William Shakespeare, p. 7.

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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.


— The Bible, Ecclesiastes, 7:14.

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If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.


— The Bible, Proverbs, 24:10.

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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.

thomas carlyle

— Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as Man of Letters (1840).

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

publilius syrus

— Publius Syrus, Sentences, Maxim 872.

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It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.


— Acts, IX. 5. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)

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A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.

sydney smith

— Sydney Smith, Sermon on the Duties of the Queen (1837).

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.

washington irving

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Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey

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And when you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

friedrich nietzsche

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Adjust, change course, go in a new direction, make a shift, turn around - just don't stop. Keep working on your goals.

Steve Harvey

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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

— Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher

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Staying together when things get tough will only make you a stronger couple.

unknown

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Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from impatience.


— Bishop Horne, p. 7. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))

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