The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. - C. S. Lewis
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. - Elvis Presley
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity. - Plutarch
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. - Francis Bacon
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. - John Wooden
Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. - Rita Dove
Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. - Tacitus
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us. - Brigham Young
Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. - William Shakespeare
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. - Henry Fielding
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. - Arthur Golden
I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale. - Steve Nash
I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat. - Allen Klein
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca