To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence.

Gratitude in adversity is the most beautiful and precious crown of the soul.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Adversity is a misperception as all works toward the good.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the top of a mountain. So are many things learned in adversity which the prosperous man dreams not of.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Adversity is part of life--by avoiding adversity, one avoids life.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

Prosperity is no just scale, adversity is the only balance to try friends.

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

The dictionary says that adversity is a condition marked by misfortune, a calamity, or an unfortunate event or circumstance. I say that adversity comes in all shapes and sizes, from life-threatening illnesses, to losing a sale, to failing in business, to rocky relationships. Adversity can be many things according to just when it hits you and under what conditions. Whatever it may be for you, if you have suffered setbacks, hardships, or failures, know that you are not alone. Very few things are true all of the time in all situations, but this is a universal truth: Plans do not become achievements, dreams do not become realities, and ideas do not come to fruition without setbacks, hardships, and failures.

The Gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw out into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, then, especially, being free from flatterers.

Adversity is a good test of our resiliency, our ability to cope, to stand back up, to recover from misfortune. Adversity is a painful pedagogue.

In every kind of adversity, the bitterest part of a man's affliction is to remember that he once was happy.

Kites rise against, not with the wind. No man has ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm.

Those who choose to make adversity their friend don't enjoy hardship any more than the next person. But there is a world of difference between those who befriend adversity by overcoming it and learning from the experience, and those who give up at the first sign of an obstacle.... Adversity is going to happen, and usually in ways you could've never foreseen. Knowing this, make a choice right now to look at adversity in a new light the next time it comes your way. Though it may not look so friendly on the surface, realize that adversity is an ally and that it's here to teach you something of crucial importance. Of course it's an unwelcome visitor. But when it presents itself, treat the experience as a unique learning opportunity. Here is your chance to impact positively your human capital development in ways that no seminar, class, or training session can even closely approximate.

As soon as ever thou feelest that any tribulation or adversity is coming upon thee, turn thy mind to the Lord, and commit thyself utterly to Him, without murmuring or seeking a reason for the injury. If thou wilt lament, instead of laying thy complaints before men, lay them humbly before the Lord, treating with Him of whatever grieves thee, as with a most pitiful Father and most present Helper. For His sake bear all things with equanimity. Though the devils lie in wait, and spread the snares of temptations; though thou findest the path of virtue and justice difficult; though one slanders and another oppresses thee; though the cold pinches and the heat burns thee; though thy stomach is weak and thy head aches; though rottenness enter into thy bones, and swarm under thee; though thy mind is overclouded and covered with darkness, and tormented by uncertainty; though thy weary spirit slumbers and is chilled by interior coldness; do thou ever remember to preserve thy patience.

Wherever souls are being tried and ripened, in whatever commonplace and homely ways, there God is hewing out the pillars for His temple.

Adversity has made many a man great who, had he remained prosperous, would only have been rich.

Adversity makes men; good fortune makes monsters.

Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.

Adversity is easier borne than prosperity forgot.

Adversity is never the end point; for those faced with a positive attitude, it's always the beginning.

Adversity is the true school of the mind.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

Adversity successfully overcome is the highest glory.

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from impatience.

The day of adversity is one from which none are absolutely secure. Some, indeed, bring adversity on themselves by their own folly; but the wise as well as the foolish are liable to it, and all should be prepared for it.

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