“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”
William Arthur Ward
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity”
Charles Caleb Colton
“He is the most wretched of men who has never felt adversity.”
William Shakespeare
“Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity”
Seneca
“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”
“Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.”
Epictetus