Hard Times Quotes - Page 5

• It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

  Thomas Fuller

  Night, Dawn, Hours

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• I'm an optimist.
  I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past.
  And I also believe I have a role in that.
  The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change.
  I can do better.
  If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times.

  Jeffrey R. Immelt

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  "The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt". Interview with John R. Byrne, www.fastcompany.com. July 1, 2005.

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• In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?

  Pablo Neruda

  Life, Rain, Fall

  Pablo Neruda (2001). “Libro de Las Preguntas”, p.66, Copper Canyon Press

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• There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Funny, Encouraging, Humorous

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• A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Moving On, Encouraging

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

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.

  Nelson Mandela

  Broken, Leaving, Challenges

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.92, Simon and Schuster

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• There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

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• Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished. Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to go out. It flares up from the faintest ember to illuminate the darkness, to burn in spite of overwhelming odds.

  Karen Hesse

  Odds, Illumination, Flare Up

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• I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him.

  Nelson Mandela

  Tragedy, Determined, Misery

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

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• Best friends make good times better and hard times easier!

  Unknown

  One Line, Good Times, One Line Friendship

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• Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them

  Rita Levi-Montalcini

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Uplifting

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• The next time you find yourself alone in a dark alley facing the undeniables of life, don't cover them with a blanket, or ignore them with a nervous grin. Don't turn up the TV and pretend they aren't there. Instead, stand still, whisper his name, and listen. He is nearer than you think.

  Max Lucado

  Inspirational, Life, Faith

  Max Lucado (2013). “God Came Near: God's Perfect Gift”, p.80, Thomas Nelson Inc

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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

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

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• Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid.

  Pema Chodron

  Inspirational, Heartbreak, Spiritual

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• One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory.

  Jerry Bridges

  God, Religious, Jesus

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• There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Time, Pain, Blow

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• The next time you lose heart and you can’t bear to experience what you’re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering—yours, mine, and that of all living beings.

  Pema Chodron

  Change, Encouraging, Spiritual

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• When God gets us alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted friendship - when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one question, then He begins to teach us.

  Oswald Chambers

  Heartbreak, God, Disappointment

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.46, Discovery House

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• This is exactly the message that fairy tales get across to the child in manifold form: that a struggle against severe difficulties in life is unavoidable, is an intrinsic part of human existence -- but that if one does not shy away, but steadfastly meets unexpected and often unjust hardships, one masters all obstacles and at the end emerges victorious.

  Bruno Bettelheim

  Life, Motivational, Encouraging

  Bruno Bettelheim (1976). “The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales”, Vintage

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• No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still; with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  God, Faith, Jesus

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• No medicine is more valuable , none more efficacious, none better suited to the cure of our temporal ills than a friend to whom we may turn for consolation in time of trouble, and with whom we may share happiness in time of joy.

  Aelred of Rievaulx

  Friendship, Happiness, Happy

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• As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell and quality of exactly what is happening, as long as we're always running from discomfort, we're going to be caught in a cycle of unhappiness and discomfort, and we will feel weaker and weaker. This way of seeing helps us develop inner strength. And what's especially encouraging is the view that inner strength is available to us at just the moment when we think that we've hit the bottom, when things are at their worst.

  Pema Chodron

  Strength, Happiness, Encouraging

  "Practicing Peace in Times of War". Book by Pema Chodron, books.google.ru. 2007.

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• When it's all said and done, you may go through the fire, through the flood, through the famine, but you'll come out standing strong.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Being Strong, Stay Strong

  Joel Osteen (2014). “Daily Readings from Break Out!: 365 Devotions to Go Beyond Your Barriers and Live an Extraordinary Life”, p.433, Hachette UK

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• Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.

  Daniel Handler

  Inspirational Life, Live Life, Adversity

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