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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• The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.

  Rick Warren

  Dark, Happy Times, Tests

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Apr 21, 2013

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• Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Encouraging, Uplifting, Healing

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.191, Wildside Press LLC

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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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• There may be times when you just have to love people from a distance.

  Joel Osteen

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Twitter post from Oct 31, 2012

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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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• Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.

  Tupac Shakur

  Inspirational, Smile, Uplifting

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• Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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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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• 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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• Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we're going to get out of it.

  Mike Tyson

  Fall, Hard

  Twitter post from Oct 9, 2012

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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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  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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• 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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• Tough times never last, but tough people do.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Faith, God, Christian

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• Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

  Elizabeth Scott

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Elizabeth Scott (2010). “Perfect You”, p.276, Simon and Schuster

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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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  That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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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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• The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

  Moliere

  Motivational, Positive, Success

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  Action is the foundational key to all success.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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