Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

—Seneca

He who boasts of his ancestry is praising the deeds of another.

—Seneca

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

—Seneca

One should count each day a separate life.

—Seneca

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

—Seneca

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

—Publilius Syrus

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

—Og Mandino

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

—John Churton Collins

You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.

—J. K. Rowling