Adversity – Zitate

God kills thy comforts from no other design but to kill thy corruptions; wants are ordained to kill wantonness, poverty is appointed to kill pride, reproaches are permitted to destroy ambition.

— John Flavel

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from impatience.

— Bishop Horne

In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.

— Horatius Bonar

How full of briers is this working-day world!

— Shakspeare

  ​ For one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

— Thomas Carlyle