For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
Anyone can show exceptional leadership ability in easy times. When all's going to plan, anyone can be inspirational/excellent/innovative and strong. The real question is how do you show up when everything's falling apart?
The proof of a man is the danger test, That shows him up at his worst or best.
In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.
We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.
In the hour of strait and need, we measure men's stature not by the body, but the soul!
One isn't considered a bobsledder if he hasn't crashed.
Your faith is only as strong as the test it survives
You can't learn to take a punch. Whether you have a glass chin or you don't, the only way of finding out is having it land.
Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.
Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter.
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments.... It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.
As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries men.
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.
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.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.'
If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith.
You never really know yourself until you see yourself under pressure.
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
I want to take on fighters like Jeremy Stephens, Andre Fili... get ourselves into the Octagon and see if these guys can bully me.
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider how a man comes out of the furnace; gold will lie for a month in the furnace without losing a grain.
