Life is beautiful!
However, there are times that we have to face obstacles, trials and tribulations and it is easy to become depressed, discouraged, lose faith in ourselves and become enveloped in the difficulties.
In times like these, we need to find ways to stay strong and know that the storm will pass!
Here are 23 quotes to help you get through the hard times.
“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
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”
~Bob Marley
“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”
~Dr. Wayne W Dyer
“We acquire the strength we have overcome.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
~Confucius
“You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.”
~ Michelle Obama
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
~Marie Curie
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
~Haruki Murakami
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche
“As often as you fail, get up and try again. God will never let you down, so long as you don’t let Him down, and so long as you make the effort.”
~Paramahansa Yogananda
“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
~ Kobe Bryant
“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.”
~Les Brown
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”
~Maya Angelou
“Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.”
~Norman Vincent Peale
“Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.”
~Marcus Aurelius
“We don’t have a choice in how or when our bad days will blindside us. But what we do choose is how we allow them to leave us once they’re gone. You can use those moments as a catalyst to spur you on to greater things or you can let it be the event that breaks you and leaves you shattered and forever lost in darkness.”
~Sherrilyn Kenyon
“Come what may, time and hour runs through the roughest day.”
~William Shakespeare
“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
~Arnold Schwarzenegger
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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