A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. - (Neal, John - Adversity)

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. - (Proverb, Chinese - Adversity)

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. - (Horace - Adversity)

A man is a god in ruins. - (Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Adversity)

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. - (Saadi - Adversity)

A reasonable amount o fleas is good for a dog -- keeps him from brooding over being a dog, maybe. - (Westcott, Edward Noyes - Adversity)

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. - (Proverb, English - Adversity)

A stumble may prevent a fall. - (Proverb, English - Adversity)

A wounded deer leaps the highest. - (Dickinson, Emily - Adversity)

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him. - (Howe, Edgar Watson - Adversity)

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. - (James, William - Adversity)

Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is. - (Kempis, Thomas - Adversity)

Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records. - (Ward, William A. - Adversity)

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth. - (Kierkegaard, Soren - Adversity)

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. - (Horace - Adversity)