Famous Quotes & Sayings

Francis Bacon

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

Jennifer Egan

I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity with a steely resistance.

Jean de La Fontaine

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Gideon Gono

This is the darkest hour before dawn and we should never underestimate monetary authorities' ability to deal with the adversity.

Hosea Ballou

Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.

Hosea Ballou

Prosperity often presages adversity.

Horace

The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

Horace

Remember to be calm in adversity.

Horace

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. (Psalms 109:4)

Frederick William Robertson

As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

Billy Donovan

Everybody was worried about the adversity he was going to face if he didn't make shots. We didn't know the adversity was riding a bike.

Everyone took that game and realized we had to overcome some adversity. We were we 1-1 in the conference. Anything could have happened since then, but we managed to take it one game at a time and finish the first half 6-1.

Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a way, it's been nice because we're all learning and growing. Once we got past the stage where we were making errors, we started to understand what we are capable of doing. There's always a chance.

Ron Wilson

The test was, could we handle the adversity in the second period and we did.

The thing that I am most proud about is the fact that this team has overcome such adversity and negativity. There we were, 10-6 and hearing all the negative talk and dealing with things we had dealt with all year, but these kids stayed together and now look at us, sectional champions.

I wanted a positive message, ... I wanted something about making good decisions, overcoming adversity and being good team players.

Sometimes when adversity strikes in your life or in your sport, you have to rise to the occasion. I thought our kids did that tonight and I'm very proud of them for that.

Sometimes we don't handle adversity real well. There's frustration, from last night.

Nigel Hamilton

The story of FDR as U.S. Commander in Chief is a heroic war story of a president who had already overcome great adversity in facing polio but who went on to take the reins of our armed forces in the greatest conflagration in human history - on our behalf.

The boy never ceases to amaze me with the accomplishments. He just works hard through a lot of adversity. He's focused and pretty responsible for his age. We started this journey in junior league. I put him in there because I wanted to get him fairly decent in high school. I just never dreamed it'd be this.

Sydney Smith

A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure

William Shakespeare

A wretched soul bruised with adversity,We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;But were we burdened with like weight of pain,As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.

Joel Przybilla

As long as we come away with a victory, that's all that matters. We lost the past two games in the fourth quarter, and tonight we almost let one slip away. ... No matter what adversity hits us, we've just got to keep on playing.

That's impressive especially with how young this team is and how much adversity they have faced.

We had to face a lot of adversity this week with all the media attention and the coaching situation. When you're faced with adversity, that's when families come together. That's what we've been preaching all year. We really bonded. When the chips were down, we really stepped it up.

Ben Howland

This team never, ever gets affected by it. They just continue to battle back. There's nothing that they haven't seen in terms of adversity that's going to bother them.

Tommy Aldridge

This team has worked hard and has battled through adversity . They deserve to make the playoffs.

This team has some pretty good chemistry. They've faced some adversity and they keep plugging along.

This team has overcome so much adversity. It speaks to the character of the kids. It seems like every week they've gone through something. It's an unbelievable group of guys. You don't win as many games as these guys have and not be different. That's what they are . They're just different. I don't know how to describe it.

This team has faced a lot of adversity. But different guys have stepped up. We don't have too much experience on the bench, but they're getting the opportunity to know what it takes to get here. And what to expect.

Gary Chapman

This team accomplished much more than anyone, including me, expected. They overcame adversity and lots of youthfulness and did a fantastic job.

This type of adversity tends to galvanize your support.