From Josh Billings: “Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.”
Tag Archives: adversity
Quote of the day 07/23/26
From Seneca: “The wise man is neither raised up by prosperity nor cast down by adversity.”
Quote of the day 06/08/26
From Mark Twain: “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.”
Quote of the day 04/02/26
From Horace: “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”
Quote of the day 03/07/26
From Boethius: “Adversity reveals genius; prosperity conceals it.”
Quote of the day 12/14/24
From Friedrich Nietzsche: “You tell me: ‘Life is hard to bear.’ But if it were otherwise why should you have your pride in the morning and your resignation in the evening?”
kevinwarstadt.com 