Walter Scott Quotes about Adversity

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The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

Walter Scott

Adversity, Presence Of Mind, Tempest

Sir Walter Scott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott (Illustrated)”, p.5509, Delphi Classics

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.

Walter Scott

Adversity

Walter Scott (2015). “Sir Walter Scott: Collected Letters, Memoirs and Articles: Complete Autobiographical Writings, Journal & Notes, Accompanied with Extended Biographies and Reminiscences of the Author of Waverly, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, The Pirate, Old Mortality, The Guy Mannering”, p.56, e-artnow

Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season have their birth the flower, the fruit, the date, the rose and the pomegranate.

Walter Scott

Rain, Flower, Adversity

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

Walter Scott

Adversity, Dark, Lakes

In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a tonic and bracer.

Walter Scott

Adversity, Fancy, Flags