Adversity Quote by Cyrus the Great

Most men are a little better than their circumstances give them a chance to be.

— William Faulkner

The happiness and unhappiness of men depends as much on their ethics as on fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those…

— Baruch Spinoza

The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

— Plutarch

“It is not true that men never change; they change for the worse, as well as for the better. It is not true they…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

— Juvenal

Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.

— P. T. Barnum

Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than to practise laborious virtues.

— Samuel Johnson

Poor human nature cannot do everything; and kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently understand its value. Men may be…

— Frederick William Faber

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their fortunes

— Francois La Rochefoucauld