Tough Times Quotes - Page 6

• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.

  Mae West

  Funny, Smile, Break Up

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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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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• Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Tough times go away, tough people do not.

  Walter Payton

  Life, People, Going Away

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• What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Heart, Desire, Conflict

  "My Brief and Wondrous Conversation with Iyanla Vanzant". Interview with Britni Danielle, britnidanielle.com. Sep 12, 2012.

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• Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Inspirational, Crumbling, Ruins

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• When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

  Erma Bombeck

  Naps, Chocolate, Cookies

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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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• 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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• When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

  Nora Roberts

  Naps, Chocolate, Ribs

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• I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

  Eric Roth

  Inspirational, Short Life, Buttons

  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Drinking, Naps, Chocolate

  FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Jan 01, 2014

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• Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic, and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Differences, Magic, Proof

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• He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.

  Melina Marchetta

  Proud, Week, States

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• Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better

  Walt Disney

  Life, Beauty, Business

  Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.56, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  Alan Kay

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

  Joan Bauer

  Way, Food Network, Ifs

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• The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Jan 30, 2017

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

  William Hazlitt

  Motivational, Positive, Teacher

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.298

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• And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It's all about light and shade. Balance.

  Gabrielle Williams

  Sadness, Hard Times, Light

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• I do not want to see BP nickel and diming these businesses that are having a tough time.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Time, Want, Tough

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• The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• I think the most important thing is authenticity, just being as real as I can be. But also flexible and open to change and other ideas and thought processes. Back when you and I last talked, I was at a turning point in my life, and I was having a tough time. I was hiding it, but I had a really hard time just being me. So now it's important that I'm just me.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Real, Hard Times, Thinking

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• The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

  Randy Pausch

  Perseverance, Wall, Inspirational Life

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.71, Hachette UK

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