177 Adversity Quotes for You to Enjoy

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

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What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him. Karamo Brown

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The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the rest go away - which in my mind is an OK thing. Pete Wentz

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle

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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving

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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity. Bobby Bowden

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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. Francis Bacon

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

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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler. Harmon Killebrew

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The story of FDR as U.S. Commander in Chief is a heroic war story of a president who had already overcome great adversity in facing polio but who went on to take the reins of our armed forces in the greatest conflagration in human history - on our behalf. Nigel Hamilton

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