Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
In so many things, growth comes from adversity.
Adversity is a stimulus.
People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.
By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.