“Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.”
Samuel Johnson
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”
John Churton Collins
“In prosperity, our friends know us. In adversity, we know our friends”
G.K. Chesterton
“We cannot infer from prosperity that God is pleased with us, nor can we infer from adversity that he is displeased with us.”
Wilson Benton
“Incline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with kindness, and to judge of all they say and do with that charity which we would desire from them ourselves.”
Jane Austen
“It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation. ”
Laura Ingalls Wilder