There is no education like adversity.
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.
Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.
Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
Adversity is the first path to truth.
Adversity is a stimulus.
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
Adversity tests us from time to time and it is inevitable that this testing continues during life.