English Proverb or Saying Quotes

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

I would like to thank my parents in Vergaio, a little village in Italy. They gave me the biggest gift: poverty.

My dad always supported me. Sometimes we didn't have anything to eat for breakfast, but if we could eat lunch and dinner, we weren't poor.

Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.

I have had sufficient experience of the freaks of fortune; and as I have never trusted greatly to prosperity, I shall suffer less inconvenience from adversity.

We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.

I remember once in junior high school, on a Friday, my mom came home from work and said to my brother and I, 'You know, between us, we have only 27 cents, but we have food in the refrigerator, we have our little garden out back, and we're happy, so we are rich.'

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

In difficult times, it's so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

There's always going to be somebody worse off than me.

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

My father was in the army, and there wasn't too much money. Yet, we learnt to enjoy the small pleasures of life, to look at the positives.

I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school.

Life continues to be difficult. It always will be because that's just life. But I am so glad I have put some happiness into the world.

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.