Draper's Quotations on Prosperity

If adversity hath killed his thousands, prosperity hath killed his ten

thousands; therefore adversity is to be preferred. The one deceives,

the other instructs; the one is miserably happy, the other happily

miserable; and therefore many philosophers have voluntarily sought

adversity and commend it in their precepts.

   Robert Burton (1577-1640)

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater Possession

pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

   William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the

blessing of the New which carries the greater benediction and the

clearer revelation of God's favor.

   Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

There is in every heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in

the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and

blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

   Washington Irving (1783-1859)

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of

the right.

   Lucius Annaeus Seneca (C. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65)

Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well when they cannot be

discerned from the top of a mountain.

   Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity is not

without comforts and hopes.

   Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the

blessing of the New.

   Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

There are many men who appear to be struggling against adversity, and

yet are happy; but yet more, who, although abounding in wealth, are

miserable.

   Cornelius Tacitus (C. 56-C. 120)

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in

prosperity we forget God.

   Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899)

   -Edythe Draper, Draper's Book of Quotations for the

Christian World (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1992).