Quotes on Tough Times

I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

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

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

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.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

Tough times go away, tough people do not.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between.

In the roughest moments, remember: God is our Father; God does not abandon his children.

The friendship that we established early on in our marriage ... that carries you through tough times. That and a good sense of humor.

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. It's hard to understand failure when you're going through it, but in the grand scheme of things it's good to fall down - not because you're drunk and not near stairs.