Going Through Hard Times Quotes

And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

J. K. Rowling

Inspirational, Life, Change

J.K. Rowling (2015). “Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination”, p.38, Hachette UK

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Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

Epicurus

Philosophical, Hard Times, Skills

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Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Satchel Paige

Thanksgiving, Thank You, Baseball

Quoted in Deirdre Mullane, Words to Make My Dream Children Live: A Book of African American Quotations (1995)

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I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.

Dwayne Johnson

Motivational, Hard Times, Past

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Hard times don't create heroes.
It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

Bob Riley

Strength, Hero, Hard Times

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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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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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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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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

Mary Engelbreit

Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!

Robert H. Schuller

Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

"Move Ahead with Possibility Thinking" by Robert H. Schuller, (p. 90), 1967.

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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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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

"Old Town Folks". Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Chapter 39, p. 507, 1869.

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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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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The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

Randy Pausch

Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance

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

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Don't count the days, make the days count.

Muhammad Ali

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Jan 29, 2011

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An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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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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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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When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Karma, Running

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We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

Kenji Miyazawa

Inspirational, Positive, Sympathy

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Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

Bernard Baruch

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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