Adversity Quote by Confucius

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

— Anonymous

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

— Saadi

Man cannot be satisfied by wealth. Man cannot go beyond his nature, no more than you can jump out of your body.

— Swami Vivekananda

In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.

— Philemon

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former…

— Henry Fielding

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their…

— John Calvin

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have…

— Alan Gregg

Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

— Thucydides

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

— John Ray

“prosperity does not elevate the sage and adversity does not depress him. For he has always made the effort to rely as much as…

— Seneca

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

“Men have become the tools of their tools. Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. Most of the luxuries and…

— Henry David Thoreau