Adversity Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“...[A]ll the elements which belong to the notion of happiness are altogether empirical, that is, they must be borrowed from experience, and nevertheless the…

— Immanuel Kant

He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures within his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at…

— Chanakya

“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

It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wishes to forsake God his blessedness, misery…

— Saint Augustine

“Your soul has a resiliency and a capacity to endure suffering that is beyond anything you can imagine.”

— Bryant McGill

A man who has once perceived, however temporarily and however briefly, what makes greatness of soul, can no longer be happy if he allows…

— Bertrand Russell

He who accepts life for what it is and never allows himself to be overwhelmed by it does not need to seek refuge for…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Just think what will be his joy when he, too, is destroyed in his worser part that his better part may have spiritual immortality.”

— Bram Stoker

When we think of his lone effort to live and its bleak reward, the mind turns to the myth "for His mercy endureth forever,"…

— Emily Dickinson

He who resolves never to ransack any mind but his own, will be soon reduced, from mere barrenness, to the poorest of all imitations;…

— Joshua Reynolds

He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.

— Voltaire