--- title: "9 Adversity Like Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 9 Adversity Like quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Adversity Like sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/arthur-golden-1813_adversity_adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-it-tears_699085.png" --- > [Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-it-tears-away-from-us-all-but-the/) [Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/arthur-golden-1813_adversity_adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-it-tears_699085.png) > [“When we have graciously endured every adversity, we become like a shining diamond.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/when-we-have-graciously-endured-every-adversity-we-become-like-a/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/lailah-gifty-akita-11_adversity_when-we-have-graciously-endured-every-ad_1248687.jpg) > [Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/sweet-are-the-uses-of-adversity-which-like-the-toad-ugly-and-venomous-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9e/william-shakespeare-4_adversity_sweet-are-the-uses-of-adversity-which-li_2790282.jpg) > [“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/sweet-are-the-uses-of-adversity-which-like-the-toad-ugly-and-venomous/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/william-shakespeare-4_adversity_sweet-are-the-uses-of-adversity-which-li_1774520.jpg) > [Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-scott/adversity-is-like-the-period-of-the-rain-cold-comfortless-unfriendly/) [Walter Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/walter-scott-775_adversity_adversity-is-like-the-period-of-the-rain_178401.jpg) > [“Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t-mean-just-that-it-holds-us-2/) [Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/arthur-golden-1813_adversity_adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t_897083.jpg) > [Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t-mean-just-that-it-holds-us/) [Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/arthur-golden-1813_adversity_adversity-is-like-a-strong-wind-i-don-t_132644.png) > [Man must be able to recover, to win out, triumph over adversity. And I don't mean just the little adversity like paying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-capra/man-must-be-able-to-recover-to-win-out-triumph-over-adversity-and-i/) [Frank Capra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-capra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/frank-capra-12640_able_man-must-be-able-to-recover-to-win-out-t_891668.jpg) > [Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stanley/dealing-with-adversity-is-like-preparing-for-surgery-by-putting-our/) [Charles Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stanley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/charles-stanley-2331_advancement_dealing-with-adversity-is-like-preparing_649058.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adversity-like/#itemlist", "name": "Adversity Like Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Adversity is like a strong wind. 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