Sentences with Adversity, Sentences about Adversity
1. Adversity is a great schoolmaster.
2. Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
3. Prosperity makes friends, and adversity tries them.
4. Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
5. Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
6. Adversity causes some men to break others to break records.
7. Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records.
8. Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
9. Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
10. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
11. Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
12. One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
13. A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
14. Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
15. Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
16. In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
17. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
18. Adversity isn’t set against you to fail; adversity is a way to build your character so that you can succeed over and over again through perseverance.
19. I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.
20. All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.