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Famous Getting Through Hard Times Quotes
If you are going through hell, keep going. – Winston Churchill
Hard Times Are Like a Washing Machine, They Twist, Turn and Knock Us Around, But In The End we Come Out Cleaner, Brighter and Better Than Before – Unknown
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’
There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there. – Paulo Coelho, ‘The Fifth Mountain’
Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. – Bob Riley

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased. – Joel Osteen
I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. – Rita Mero
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. – Coco Chanel
We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better. – C. JoyBell C.
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. – Joel Osteen
In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable. – Knute Nelson
Dreams come true if you survive the hard times! – Unknown
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. – Emily Dickinson
I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today. – Dwayne Johnson
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent. – Steve Martin, ‘Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life’
I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive. – Frida Kahlo
Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities. – Rodolfo Costa, ‘Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes’
Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are. – Stephanie Lahart, ‘Overcoming Life’s Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower’
Hard times always lead to something great. – Betsey Johnson
Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate. – Jewel
Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. We do have to suffer but in the end it makes us strong, better and wise. – Anurag Prakash Ray
And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It’s all about light and shade. Balance. – Gabrielle Williams
Hard times are moments of reflection. – Lailah Gifty
Confidence, courage and determined spirit are vital for surviving hard times. – Lailah Gifty Akita
Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. – Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way. – Matt D. Miller
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone. – Shannon L. Alder
One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge. – Roy T. Bennett
Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life. – Woody Allen
Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert H Schuller
You may go through very difficult time. Where you feel like a failure but remember one thing, struggle and hard times are the most inspirational thing in the world. – Anurag Prakash Ray
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever. – Zahid Abas
Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell. – Oprah Winfrey, ‘Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World’s Most Influential Voice’
Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and gives you energy to keep moving forward in this life. – Deborah Day, ‘BE HAPPY NOW!’
The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others. – Bryant McGill, ‘Voice of Reason’
Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less. – Steve Goodier
If you feel like giving up, give up on that feeling and give into the realization there are endless possibilities waiting to be discovered before you. – Tom Althouse
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. – Zig Ziglar
Difficult times don’t come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you. – Joel Osteen
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill
So the next time you see a person with a compose face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet. – Susan Cain, ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking’
Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow. – Chris Burkmenn
The noble-minded encourage what is beautiful in people and discourage what is ugly in them. Little people do just the opposite. – Confucius, ‘The Analects’
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
If you are being positive and strong in difficult times half of your problems will be solved automatically. – Anurag Prakash
You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom. – Roz Inga
At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire. – Scott Hahn, ‘Hope for Hard Times’
…I’ve discovered that if you want to reach your true potential, it’s much more effective to ignite a new passion for life than to dwell on past problems. – Neil A. Fiore, ‘Awaken Your Strongest Self: Break Free of Stress, Inner Conflict, and Self-Sabotage’
In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand. – Agnes Kamara-Umunna, ‘And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation’
Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you! – Deborah Day, ‘BE HAPPY NOW!’
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better. – Malcolm S. Forbes
There have been some hard times, people around me supported me. – Laure Manaudou
Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the “hero” within us is revealed. – Bob Riley
Hard times sustain and strengthen others, inspiring them to strive toward personal growth. – Senora Roy
Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren’t so challenging. – Carrie Fisher
He worked with her as she was and not as he wanted her to be. – Colin Clark, ‘My Week with Marilyn’
How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them. – Confucius, ‘The Analects’
For the rest of his life, Oliver Twist remembers a single word of blessing spoken to him by another child because this word stood out so strikingly from the consistent discouragement around him. – Charles Dickens, ‘Oliver Twist’
You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times. – Tilman J. Fertitta
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. – Henry Ford
Every struggle you had in your life shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times they can only make you stronger. – Anmol Andore
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. – Dalai Lama
Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons. – Lailah Gifty Akita
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. – Martin Luther King
All of life is a test and we all have our challenges to meet. – Marjory Sheba
Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong. – Muhammad Ali
You were given this life because you were strong enough to live it. – Unknown
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. – Bob Marley
Hard times may have put you down sometimes but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be wise and strong. – Anurag Prakash Ray
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. – Bruce Lee
No matter how hard it seems just keep going, don’t quit because we only fail when we give up. – Anurag Prakash Ray
Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they’ll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God. It will be worth it. – Germany Kent
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal. – Nathan Chen
Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life. – Barbara De Angelis
Hard times prepare us for hopeful future. – Lailah Gifty Akita
Those who make hostility a daily manner are often left in the lurch at difficult times. – Michael Bassey Johnson
Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times. – Saint Augustine
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually fear that you will make one. – Elbert Hubbard
We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. – Kenji Miyazawa
I don’t know a startup that hasn’t been through tough times. – Vinod Khosla
You start with a darkness to move through
but sometimes the darkness moves through you. – Dean Young
I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.” -Dwayne Johnson
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
Born through hard times, Ghetto child of mine. I wonder if you have to suffer for your father’s crimes. – Tupac Shakur
Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can, worrying won’t make it any better. – Walt Disney
In difficult times, it’s so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for. – Alice Barrett
Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength. – Corrie ten Boom
Hard times, when held with open hands and a tender heart, can prepare us for the future. – Cindee Snider Re
There have been some hard times, people around me supported me. – Laure Manaudou
Problems are not stop signs; they are guidelines. – Robert Schuller
We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us. – William J. Brennan
Life will always be hard on you, but it doesn’t mean you should give up. – Anurag Prakash Ray
When you’re already going through a rough patch of life; a slight wave from past thrash you down so gracefully that journey bcms an unending shore ! – Monika Arora
Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. – Anton Chekhov
Hard times How do we handle unimaginable tragedy1 What do we do when our worst nightmares come true1 Instead of following conventional wisdom. Job fell down to the ground and worshiped ground. – Jeff Syverson
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. – Dale Carnegie
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars. – Og Mandino
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. – Carl Bard
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.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill
Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made. – Gabrielle Douglas
In my experience, people who don’t stick around during the hard times weren’t worth having around anyway. – Kimberly Belle
One small crack does not mean you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart. – Linda Poindexter
The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is. – Charles M Schwab
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison
Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. – Christopher Robin to Pooh, A.A. Milne
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. – H.G. Wells
Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller
Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When life changes itself to harder. Change yourself to stronger. – Anurag Prakash Ray
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
Pain is your friend; it is your alie. Pain reminds you to finish the job and get the hell home. Pain tells you when you have been seriously wounded. And you know what the best thing about pain is? It tells you you’re not dead yet! – G.I Jane
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. – Will Rogers
In hard times, gold is a good friend and good friend is gold! – Mehmet Murat ildan
There are no hard times for good ideas. – Harry Gordon Selfridge
You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to. – Robin Williams
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. – Buddha
To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. – Gail Sheehy
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. – William Samuel Johnson
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. – Les Brown
Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill
There’s a lot of people out there who go through hard times, and they feel alone. They feel like nobody is there. But I’m in the same boat. – Brandy Norwood
Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can’t fully understand. – Sarah Dessen
Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times. – Mark Z Danielewski
When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent. – RuPaul
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. – Seneca The Younger
The world and everyone in it is always ready to blame a man for anything when he is already knocked down. – Therese May
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. – William Barclay
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be – Marcel Pagnol
Even in hard times there’s a possibility to have fun. – Eyden I
Hard times lifts the seeking souls to higher spiritual realms. – Lailah Gifty Akita