Difficult Times Quotes - Page 9

• I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.

  William Shakespeare

  Sympathy, Condolences, Giving

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)”, p.166, BookCaps Study Guides

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• A soldier is the most-trusted profession in America. Americans have trust in you because you trust each other. No matter how difficult times are, those of us who love the Army must stick with it.

  Richard A. Kidd

  Army, America, Soldier

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• This time is difficult. Wait for me. We will live it out vividly. Give me your small hand: we will rise and suffer, we will feel, we will rejoice. We are once more the pair who lived in bristling places, in harsh nests in the rock. This time is difficult. Wait for me with a basket, with a shovel, with your shoes and your clothes. Now we need each other, not only for the carnations' sake, not only to look for honey — we need our hands to wash with, to make fire.

  Pablo Neruda

  Eye, Fire, Small Hands

  "The Poetry of Pablo Neruda".

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• The first year was hard for me to deal with. The second year was a little bit easier, but still difficult. It took me five years to get it out of me. It was a difficult moment, a difficult time.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Years, Littles

  "Magic Johnson pushes HIV awareness". Interview with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, www.cnn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Thinking, Achievement, Proud

  "The Eloquent Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis : A Portrait in Her Own Words" by Bill Adler, (p. 5, 232), 2004.

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• Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes! It will cease producing them, cease knowing them. Heroes spring from the essence of their people. A people without heroes is a people without leaders, for only a heroic leader is a true leader able to withstand the challenge of difficult times.

  Rudolf Hess

  Fear, Spring, Hero

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• The new build will play a vital role in the £1billion regeneration project at Longbridge, providing a strong educational element to the employment led mixed-use development. In these trying and difficult times, it is vital that we invest in the future of our community, in the hope that they will continue to take this country from strength to strength.

  Karren Brady

  Country, Strong, Educational

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• We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

  Paulo Coelho

  Encouragement, Warrior, Light

  Paulo Coelho (1998). “The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition”, HarperSanFrancisco

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• I promise you that one day you will stand aside and look at your difficult times, you will realize that he was always there beside you.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Spiritual, Promise, One Day

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• We have come out of the time when obedience, the acceptance of discipline, intelligent courage and resolution were most important, into that more difficult time when it is a man's duty to understand his world rather than simply fight for it.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Courage, Time, Fighting

  "Treasury of the Free World". Book by Ben Raeburn, 1946.

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• It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct proportion to our lack of confidence in ourselves. The end of this century is an unusually difficult time to be a leader in Australia.

  Hugh Mackay

  Leadership, Strong, Australia

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• At difficult times of my life, books have been an incredible comfort. When I was 12, I changed schools and my parents split up. It was then that I became addicted to reading. A great writer can attach themselves to your mind and heart, and you feel you understand the world better. As long as you have the capacity to read, you needn't be alone any more. I remember thinking as a child, "If I could give one person the comfort I keep getting from books, then I want to write."

  Elliot Perlman

  Art, Children, Motivation

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• If you're going through difficult times today, hold steady. It will change soon. If you are experiencing smooth sailing and easy times now, brace yourself. It will change soon. The only thing you can be certain of is change.

  James Dobson

  Inspirational Life, Smooth Sailing, Today

  James Dobson (2001). “38 Values to Live By”, p.8, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Adversity, Stronger, Way

  "Come What May, and Love It". www.lds.org. October 2008.

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• When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

  David Cameron

  Country, Mean, Decision

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• What if you could reach back to your four-year old or 14-year-old who's having a difficult time and reassure them, saying it is all going to be okay. What if you could go into her mind and give her courage and mentoring and counseling that she really needs. I believe we can do this for our younger souls. I know I've done it for mine, and I know a lot of others have done it.

  Robert Moss

  Believe, Years, Giving

  "If You Want To Be A Shaman, Start At The Breakfast Table. An Interview with Dreamer Robert Moss". Interview with Krysta Gibson, nhne-pulse.org.

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• We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.

  James Redfield

  Optimistic, Challenges, Events

  James Redfield (1993). “The celestine prophecy: an adventure”, Atticus Press & Company (AL)

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• Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component.

  Vladimir Putin

  War, Believe, Thinking

  "Putin Q&A". "TIME" Interview, content.time.com. 2007.

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• I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

  Steven Spielberg

  Movie, Smile, People

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• I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

  Sigourney Weaver

  Shy, Used, Over The Top

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• We have gone through some difficult times like everyone else and perhaps our working together and respecting each other's abilities, in addition to that little thing called love, helped us survive.

  Cynthia Weil

  Working Together, Gone, Littles

  "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.

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• I would like to help my people in any way I can. It's difficult times in Pakistan and we all have to help.

  Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

  People, Pakistan, Way

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• I'm not sure if I know any 'functional' families, if functional means a family without difficult times and members who don't have a full range of problems.

  David Sheff

  Mean, Problem, Range

  David Sheff (2009). “Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Hope, Stars

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• One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.

  Nadia Comaneci

  Sports, November, Romania

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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