A Quote by Francis Quarles

To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles
English - Poet
May 8, 1592 - September 8, 1644

Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

Francis Quarles

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

Henry Fielding

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Seneca the Younger

Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.

Swami Vivekananda

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand.

William Shakespeare

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

Seneca the Younger

Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or power or victories in contests, and to possess a certain depth and magnitude of spirit.

Aristotle

Heart be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go. Love's glory is not a small thing.

Rumi

We prefer people who are trying to imitate us more than those who are trying to equal us. This is because imitation is a sign of esteem, but the desire to equal others is a sign of envy.