Quotes about Adversity
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
— St. Jerome
Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
— John Donne
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
— Confucius
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
— Cicero
Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.
— Edmund Burke
...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.
— Ted Dekker
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
— Mark Twain
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
— William Faulkner
As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
— George Eliot
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
— GK Chesterton
Every man eventually is backed up to the wall of faith, and there he must make his stand.
— Ezra Taft Benson
A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.
— Henry Ward Beecher