Quotes on Adversity And Character

Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.