Adversity Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

— Herman Melville

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

— Samuel Johnson

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

— Ben Jonson

He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.

— Charles Caleb Colton

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

— William Samuel Johnson

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

— Dustin Poirier

He who does not know Him, knows nothing else as it truly is.

— Jonathan Edwards

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.

— John Wooden

“Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.”

— Carolyn Wells

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

— Cesare Pavese

And he who does not know himself does not know others, so it may be said with equal truth, that he who does not…

— Joshua Reynolds

He who knows himself knows others.

— Charles Caleb Colton