Hard Times Quotes

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  If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• 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

  Encouraging, Wisdom, Encouragement

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Sep 14, 2016

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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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  Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• Don’t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.

  Ibn Taymiyyah

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Betrayal

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• There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

  Christopher Morley

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  CHRISTOPHER MORLEY (1922). “WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS”

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  Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Atlanta Magazine, April 2008.

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• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Once you choose hope, anything's possible

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

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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, Martial Arts

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• Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

  Les Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Life, Inspiration

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 09, 2014

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  Action is the foundational key to all success.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• Character isn't who you are when life goes your way. Character is who you really are when the bottom falls out.

  LeCrae

  Fall, Character, Way

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• What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Lying, Adversity, Romantic Love

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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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• 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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• When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. It's hard to understand failure when you're going through it, but in the grand scheme of things it's good to fall down - not because you're drunk and not near stairs.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Fall, Drunk, Tough Times

  "Seriously...I'm Kidding". Book by Ellen DeGeneres, October 4, 2011.

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• The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing...that is a friend who cares.

  Henri Nouwen

  Friendship, True Friend, Grief

  "Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life". Book by Henri Nouwen, 1974.

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• Every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day.

  Gary Allan

  Running, Rain, Dark

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• Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

  Josh Billings

  Life, Positive, Inspiration

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• The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Strength, Success

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• Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspiring, Happiness, Happy

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