~ 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. ~
~ Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. ~
~ There is no education like adversity ~
~ Adversity is the first path to truth. ~
~ Adversity introduces a man to himself. ~
~ If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn ~
~ Adversity precedes growth. ~
~ Sweet are the uses of adversity. ~
~ Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter ~
~ Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war ~
~ Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us ~
~ Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue. ~