Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
Aristotle
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
Thomas Carlyle
Adversity is the foundation of virtue
Japanese Proverb
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them
Publilius Syrus
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson
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
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
Billy Graham
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
Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him.
Proverb
Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.
Samuel Butler
Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.
Robert Burton
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Thomas Carlyle
The brighter stars emerge out of the blackest darkness.
Shri Radhe Maa
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet