By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

— Samuel Daniel

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

— Aristotle

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

— Kevin Conroy

Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and men to an extra degree of self-awareness.

— Tariq Ramadan

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

— Martha Graham

For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

— J. Michael Straczynski

For some reason, I had a responsibility to my family and the people who lived around me. I felt that I had to convey their dignity - the way they dealt with adversity and poverty - and their good humor.

— Frank McCourt

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

— George Washington

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

— Christine Lagarde