Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
A man I am cross'd with adversity.
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.