Adversity

Distress, misfortune, misery, suffering, opposition, deprivation, destitution

QUOTES

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain
1897

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.
Thomas Paine
The American Crisis, 1776

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Adversity is the first path to truth.
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan, 1818

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua Marine

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Thomas Carlyle
On Heroes, 1841

See Also

References

History

Mao and the Long March

Midwest in the Dust Bowl

Valley Forge

Arts & Science

Life of Van Gogh

Literature

Judy Blume: Tiger Eyes

Alice Childress: A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Andre Dubus: House of Sand and Fog

Esther Forbes: Johnny Tremain

Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea

Wm Inge: Come Back, Little Sheba

Sinclair Lewis: Elmer Gantry

Nicolo Machiavelli: The Prince

Gary Paulsen: Hatchet

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