Quotes about Adversity
It is difficulties that show what men are.
— Epictetus
Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.
— St. Basil
The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
— St. Jerome
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
— John Donne
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
— Confucius
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
— Cicero
Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
— Edmund Burke
...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.
— Ted Dekker
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
— Mark Twain
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
— William Faulkner
As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
— George Eliot