--- title: "11 Times Adversity Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Times Adversity quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Times Adversity sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/willie-jolley-57044_adversity_most-successful-people-can-identify-one_2728133.png" --- > [Most successful people can identify one minute, one moment, where their lives changed, and it usually occurred in times of adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-jolley/most-successful-people-can-identify-one-minute-one-moment-where-their/) [Willie Jolley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-jolley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/willie-jolley-57044_adversity_most-successful-people-can-identify-one_2728133.png) > [In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-schultz/in-times-of-adversity-and-change-we-really-discover-who-we-are-and/) [Howard Schultz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-schultz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/howard-schultz-1317_adversity_in-times-of-adversity-and-change-we-real_3223073.png) > [“The true worth of a man isn’t measured by how he reacts during times of plenty. It is measured by how he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-zander/the-true-worth-of-a-man-isn-t-measured-by-how-he-reacts-during-times/) [Lili Zander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lili-zander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/lili-zander-256704_adversity_the-true-worth-of-a-man-isn-t-measured-b_2905375.jpg) > [The only good thing about times of adversity is that you realize who your real friends and fans are - and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-wentz/the-only-good-thing-about-times-of-adversity-is-that-you-realize-who/) [Pete Wentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-wentz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/pete-wentz-1891_adversity_the-only-good-thing-about-times-of-adver_157821.jpg) > [Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/money-powers-prey-upon-the-nation-in-times-of-peace-conspire-against/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/abraham-lincoln-88_adversity_money-powers-prey-upon-the-nation-in-tim_285194.png) > [“Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/watch-a-man-in-times-of-adversity-to-discover-what-kind-of-man-he-is/) [Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/lucretius-1632_adversity_watch-a-man-in-times-of-adversity-to-dis_7146.jpg) > [We are all going to hit times of adversity, and we're all going to have opportunities in life, and it's all what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sony-michel/we-are-all-going-to-hit-times-of-adversity-and-we-re-all-going-to/) [Sony Michel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sony-michel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/sony-michel-5819_adversity_we-are-all-going-to-hit-times-of-adversi_1177065.jpg) > [“I believe in times of adversity there’s a line that is sometimes drawn, a line that separates your old life from your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/i-believe-in-times-of-adversity-there-s-a-line-that-is-sometimes/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/kresley-cole-334_adversity_i-believe-in-times-of-adversity-there-s_113042.jpg) > [“Such times are rare, such times are fleeting, but always bright when caught, measured, hung, and later regarded in times of adversity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/such-times-are-rare-such-times-are-fleeting-but-always-bright-when/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/roger-zelazny-1604_memory_such-times-are-rare-such-times-are-fleet_1933904.jpg) > [A bad day is just a bad day. Choose not to make it anything more. Times of adversity will inevitably affect the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/a-bad-day-is-just-a-bad-day-choose-not-to-make-it-anything-more-times/) [Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92a/melchor-lim-61_adversity_a-bad-day-is-just-a-bad-day-choose-not-t_52130.jpg) > [“Some times we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-golden/some-times-we-get-through-adversity-only-by-imagining-what-the-world/) [Arthur Golden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-golden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/arthur-golden-1813_adversity_some-times-we-get-through-adversity-only_834184.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/times-adversity/#itemlist", "name": "Times Adversity Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most successful people can identify one minute, one moment, where their lives changed, and it usually occurred in times of adversity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Willie Jolley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-jolley/most-successful-people-can-identify-one-minute-one-moment-where-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/willie-jolley-57044_adversity_most-successful-people-can-identify-one_2728133.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/willie-jolley-57044_adversity_most-successful-people-can-identify-one_2728133.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/willie-jolley-57044_adversity_most-successful-people-can-identify-one_2728133.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most successful people can identify one minute, one moment, where their lives changed, and it usually…” — Willie Jolley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Schultz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-schultz/in-times-of-adversity-and-change-we-really-discover-who-we-are-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/howard-schultz-1317_adversity_in-times-of-adversity-and-change-we-real_3223073.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/howard-schultz-1317_adversity_in-times-of-adversity-and-change-we-real_3223073.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/howard-schultz-1317_adversity_in-times-of-adversity-and-change-we-real_3223073.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we're made of.” — Howard Schultz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The true worth of a man isn’t measured by how he reacts during times of plenty. 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