There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome --to be got over.

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.

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.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Your dips an falls do not confound me, half as much as your heights astound me.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them

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.

Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.