Adversity is the first path to truth.
Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape.
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
Any port in a storm.
Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it.
As iron put into the fire loseth its rust and becometh clearly red-hot, so he that wholly turneth himself unto God puts off all slothfulness, and is transformed into a new man.
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. [Isaiah 48:10]
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together.
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