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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. Charles Caleb Colton

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time.

Robert Collier

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Horace

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Thomas Carlyle

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.

Arthur Golden

I tend to not discriminate when it comes to people I can learn from. Basically, if someone has built a meaningful business in software, technology or media, faced disruption and adversity, and overcame underdog status, I want to know how they did it.

Aaron Levie

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Scott Hamilton

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.

James Keller

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.

Frank McCourt

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

William Arthur Ward

I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.

Brett Favre

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Lou Holtz

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

Richard Marx

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

Grant Achatz

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

Billy Graham

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

Ginni Rometty

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

William Hazlitt

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Elvis Presley

Adversity is a stimulus.

James Broughton

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Albert Schweitzer

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.

Jimmy Carter

I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.

Kristi Yamaguchi

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

Simon Newcomb

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

William Shakespeare

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

Christine Lagarde

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

Brad Henry

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Horace

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

David Hare

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

William Shakespeare

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Anais Nin

I honestly think part of the appeal of 'Rumours' was that it was sort of heroic. We managed to push through in the face of so much personal adversity.

Lindsey Buckingham

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

Rita Dove

When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.

Chip Conley

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

King Solomon

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

Rose Kennedy