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Letter "A" » Adversity
«Remember the great adversity of art or anything else is a hurried life.»
«Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great»
«Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Virtue
| Keywords:
adversity, discovers, prosperity, vice
«Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
Old Testament, testament
«Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.»
«Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
comforts
«Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Adversity,
Prosperity
| Keywords:
comforts, prosperity
«No use crying over spilt milk»
«Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them»
«Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.»
Author: Stephen R. Covey
| About:
Adversity,
Challenge,
Overcoming
| Keywords:
adversity, Challenges, develop, lifting, muscles, opposition, oppositions, overcoming, physical, such as, weights
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