"There is no defense against adverse fortune which……" — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
"There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor."
More Adverse Quotes
- Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- I think we're tremendously different than the series, if they were to tune in to the series after seeing the… — Gillian Anderson
- There were mornings when I just didn't want to get out of bed. But once again, I'm in an adverse… — Picabo Street
- Even when there are adverse circumstances, I try to do my job. And I usually do. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in… — Booker T. Washington
- Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain… — Pat Summitt
- Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse… — Richard M. Nixon
- The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable. — Matthieu Ricard
- There is no attribute of God more comforting to His children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most… — Charles Spurgeon
- Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on. — Wallace D. Wattles
- We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is… — Frederic Bastiat
- The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific… — Michael Faraday