Adversity Quote by William Hazlitt

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

— William Hazlitt

Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial…

— Bruce Lee

Prosperity often presages adversity.

— Hosea Ballou

Prosperity is the ability to do what you want to do at the instant you want to do it.

— Raymond Charles Barker

Prosperity is a great mercy, but adversity is a greater one, if it brings us to Christ.

— J. C. Ryle

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

— Anonymous

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

— Publilius Syrus

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

— Tacitus

Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things.

— Eric Butterworth

The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it

— Jerry Gillies

Prosperity is an essential partner in civilization itself. It is the basis of leisure, charity, and a hopeful outlook on life. It is the…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.

— Rose Kennedy