More quotations tagged with “adversity”
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
—Ben Jonson
By courage I repel adversity.
(Adversa Virtute Repello)
—Unknown
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
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
—Mark Twain
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
—Josh Billings