Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
William Hazlitt
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill
Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou Holtz
Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson
Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
William Samuel Johnson
He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.
Ben Jonson
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his... →
James Keller
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
Rose Kennedy