Hard Times Quotes

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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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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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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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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But the healing place is within you. Healing is a gift you were granted at birth, just as you were granted others. Use your gifts, child. Use the beauty, the courage, the hope and the love that is in you. Call upon your strength. Use compassion and faith. Even during sad times joy is within you. Bring it forth. Wisdom is there to guide you. Use any one of your gifts and you will rouse the power of your healing place. Use all of them and you will sustain it.

Charlene Costanzo

Love, Inspirational, Strength

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Once you choose hope, anything's possible

Christopher Reeve

Inspirational, Positive, Uplifting

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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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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Maya Angelou

Moving On, Spiritual, Strong Women

FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 01, 2009

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There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.

Charles Spurgeon

Funny, Encouraging, Humorous

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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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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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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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Action is the foundational key to all success.

Pablo Picasso

Inspirational, Positive, Success

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

Moliere

Motivational, Positive, Success

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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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Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Haruki Murakami

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Murakami Haruki, (2012). “L'arte di correre”, p.8, Giulio Einaudi Editore

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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

T. S. Eliot

Adversity, Tough Times, Entrepreneur

" Valerie Eliot's death deprives poetry of its strongest advocate" by David Morley, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2012.

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Walt Whitman

Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

Walt Whitman, The Secret Libraries (2016). “Walt Whitman Quotes... Vol. 20: Motivational and Inspirational Life Quotes by Walt Whitman”

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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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