Getting Through Tough Times Quotes

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Ulysses S. Grant

Motivational, Friendship, Positive

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

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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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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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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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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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Dale Carnegie (2017). “How to enjoy your life and your job”, p.59, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Lou Holtz

Motivational, Sports, Cheer

Twitter post from Dec 28, 2011

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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 Forbes

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Leonardo da Vinci

Love, Motivational, Strength

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

Randy Pausch

Happiness, Success, Perseverance

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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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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

Steve Jobs

Success, Trust, Karma

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

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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 have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Dr. Seuss

Life, Positive, Success

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I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.

Dr. Seuss

Cancer, Hard Times, Tough Times

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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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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard.

Napoleon Hill

Powerful, Business, Work

"Self-Motivation Through Risk Taking! : Are You Leading Or Do You Wither with Problems?". Book by M. Nadarajan Munisamy, 2005.

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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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Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

Randy Pausch

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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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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