2,568 Quotes About Adversity

What is a bad thing anyway? A bad thing is something that is different than what I want. Who gets to decide what the bad thing is? Jerry and Esther watched the mother bird lay her eggs in the nest, and then the neighbor's cat ate the baby bird. Esther said "bad cat!" And the cat said, "good bird!

Every path hath a puddle.

It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish

Greater dooms win greater destinies.

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

A good resolve will make any port.

A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat., Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus.]

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it