adversity reveals character Quotes

It is difficulties that show what men are.

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

You get to know who you really are in a crisis.

People's reputations are made in the bad times more than the good times.

A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.

Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.

The Gods in bounty work up storms about us, that give mankind occasion to exert their hidden strength, and throw our into practice virtues that shun the day, and lie concealed in the smooth seasons and the calms of life.

To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

Adversity defines true character.

The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

I think in losing we find out who that person really is.

In struggling with misfortunes lies the true proof of virtue.

Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.

Circumstances don't create character. They reveal character.

Often it was the most unlikely people who found within themselves a spark of something greater. It was probably always there, but most people are never tested, and they go through their whole lives without ever knowing that when things are at their worst, they are at their best.

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt; but a truly noble and resolved Spirit appears greatest in Distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous.

The depth and strength of our character is defined by our moral code. People only reveal themselves when they're thrown out of the usual conditions of their lives. That's when the truth of who they are is revealed.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

Adversity often hatches out the true nobility of character.

Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

Affliction is the good man's shining scene; prosperity conceals his brightest ray; as night to stars, woe lustre gives to man.

You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure.

A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.