"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power." – Abraham Lincoln

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln

"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

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste …

“In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing …

“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to …

“In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends” – John Churton Collins

“Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.” – Aristotle

“We are not defined by our trials, but by how we face them. We are all afraid; bravery …

“Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.” – Aristotle

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