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In time of prosperity friends will be plenty; In time of adversity not one in twenty.
Sep 17, 2025
He that lendeth to another in time of prosperity, shall never want help himself in the time of adversity.
The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
When its dark enough you can see the stars.
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.
Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.
Beautiful people do not just happen
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
It is the business of little minds to shrink.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
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.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.
If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don't mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.