Quotes on Adversity

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt

• adversity
• victory
• defeat
• failure

The man who is worthy of being "a leader of men" will never complain about the stupidity of his helpers, the ingratitude of mankind nor the inappreciation of the public. These are all a part of the great game of life. To meet them and overcome them and not to go down before them in disgust, discouragement or defeat - that is the final proof of power.William Boetcker

• adversity
• criticism

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.Cicero

• bravery
• adversity
• persistence

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.John Churton Collins

• adversity
• friends

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.Seneca

• adversity

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.Lou Holtz

• adversity

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.Horace

• adversity
• genius

I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.Kin Hubbard

• adversity

You can't sharpen a razor on a piece of velvet, and you can't sharpen a man by spoon-feeding him.Zig Ziglar

• adversity