Adversity Quote by Friedrich Schiller

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue

— Anonymous

Without imagination, there can be no genuine ardor in any pursuit or for any acquisition, and without imagination, there can be no genuine morality,…

— William Godwin

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

— Plutarch

You cannot create prosperity by law. Sustained thrift, industry, application, intelligence, are the only things that ever do, or ever will, create prosperity. But…

— Theodore Roosevelt

People who live in affluence for all of life can easily become so accustomed to wealth, blessings, and prosperity that they can easily forget…

— Craig Williams

Even though we may all become extinct, we can still leave our footprint in the sand.

— Dr. Seuss

I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the…

— Sarah Dessen

Tell me what it's like. The race." "What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The fastest and…

— Maggie Stiefvater

In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, we have established a presence there, we have fulfilled a century of dreams!

— Carl Sagan

Where is the subject that does not branch out into infinity? For every grain of sand is a mystery; so is every daisy in…

— William Mountford

It is moonlight. Alone in the silence I ascend my stairs once more, While waves remote in pale blue starlight Crash on a white…

— Conrad Aiken

I remembered reading about a disease called Leishmaniasis, which matched my symptoms. I'd always thought it was an old wives' tale - a sand…

— Ben Fogle