Getting Through Hard Times Quotes

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

"Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and". Book by Judi Neal, p. 163, October 30, 2006.

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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Lee Iacocca

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Ernest Hemingway

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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It is the business of little minds to shrink.

Carl Sandburg

Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

Carl Sandburg (1948). “Remembrance Rock”

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.

Ulysses S. Grant

Adversity, Dark, Tough Times

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

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Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

"The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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Once you choose hope, anything's possible

Christopher Reeve

Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

Life, Motivational, Success

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.41, Prabhat Prakashan

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Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Motivational, Stay Strong, Business

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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

Confucius

Inspirational, Life, Success

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One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Albert Schweitzer

Motivational, Strength, Stress

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Inspirational, Hard Times, Crumbling

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Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of trauma, I will fear no concussion.

Jim Butcher

Bible, Shadow Of Death, Death Of A Loved One

Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.997, Penguin

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Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Inspirational, Tough Times, Crumbling

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Why bad things happen to good people

Harold S. Kushner

Erosion, Everything Happens For A Reason, People

When Bad Things Happen to Good People ch. 1 (1981)

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In life, nothing happens to you. It happens for you.

Rorion Gracie

Art, Going Through Hard Times, Happens

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You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

Steve Jobs

Change, Success, Trust

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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