“We are not defined by our trials, but by how we face them. We are all afraid; bravery is a choice, that though you may lose, you shall never be defeated.” – Jill Hanna

“Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great” – Rose F. Kennedy

“The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epicurus

“The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.” – Seneca

“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.” – Anne Bradstreet

“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.” – Ulysses S. Grant

“There is no education like adversity” – Benjamin Disraeli

“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

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember” – Seneca

“We are not defined by our trials, but by how we face them. We are all afraid; bravery is a choice, that though you may lose, you shall never be defeated.” – Jill Pendley