Adversity

• People are like teabags... you never know how strong they are until you drop them in hot water. — Anonymous
• God says to man: "With thy very wounds I will heal thee." — The Talmud
• Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. — Emo Phillips
• Adversity is the first path to truth. — Lord Byron
• Afflictions are but the shadow of God's wings. — George McDonald
• A wounded deer—leaps highest. — Emily Dickinson
• Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. — Henry J. Kaiser
• Fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong men. — Seneca
• God measures out affliction to our need. — St. John Chrysostom
• I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity. — Frank McKinney Hubbard