Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.
When things are difficult, smile by faith. Don't wait until you feel better.
Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can't see it all.
Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more. He therefore gives you experiences that stimulate growth, understanding, and compassion which polish you for your everylasting benefit.
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?
I'm an optimist. I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past. And I also believe I have a role in that. The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change. I can do better. If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times.
If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
At first an ordeal and then an accomplishment, the daily run becomes a staple, like bread, or wine, a fine marriage, or air. It is also a free pass to friendship.
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
I think the challenge is to takedifficult and painful times and turn them into something beneficial, something that makes you grow.
Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you.
When it's all said and done, you may go through the fire, through the flood, through the famine, but you'll come out standing strong.
The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along fairly smoothly, there are not the same opportunities that enable you to strengthen your power and become the master of your thoughts and emotions. You see, even challenges are beautiful opportunities in disguise.
Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent,while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent
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.
Life, in all its uniqueness, would not be life without the negatives and the positives.
If you don't like your situation in life, don't fret or worry--do something about it. Worry less, and act more.
Difficulty shows what men are.
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