2,568 Quotes About Adversity

The reward of suffering is experience

Misfortune wandering the same track lights now upon one and now upon another.

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.