Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.—Whipple.
Adversity.—Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.—Colton.
In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity only one.—Horatius Bonar.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.—Washington Irving.
A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burden'd with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
—Shakespeare.
Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes.
—Pomfret.
The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.—Bolingbroke.
On every thorn delightful wisdom grows;
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
—Dr. Young.
When Providence, for secret ends,
Corroding cares, or sharp affliction, sends;
We must conclude it best it should be so,
And not desponding or impatient grow.
—Pomfret.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.—Proverbs 24:10.