Adversity gives you the opportunity to exhibit godly character.

— Jim George

Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being free from flatterers.

— Samuel Johnson

Adversity has its compensations, that in falling, and in failing, we rise. It is as if there is a hand behind us that sets to right all imbalances. Why do you think the saints seldom had the temporal power that we mistakenly identify with the fruits of justice? Do you think they needed it, or cared?

— Mark Helprin

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

— Horace

Adversity has the remarkable ability of introducing the real you to yourself.

— M.B. Dallocchio

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.

— Josh Billings

Adversity helps a man to know his inherent great abilities.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Adversity is a better educator than the best teacher.

— Debasish Mridha

Adversity is a golden treasure.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Adversity is a great tool to self discovery.

— Lailah Gifty Akita