55 Hard Times Quotes

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Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. β€” Earl Nightingale

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. β€” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. β€” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no fear; and Never forget a friend. β€” Harry S. Truman

I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy. β€” Angela Davis

Do it because it's in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. β€” Socrates

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. β€” Frank Lloyd Wright

Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith - Yasmin Mogahed quote

Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith β€” Yasmin Mogahed

The purpose of life is to glorify God in both good and hard times alike. β€” T. B. Joshua

I'm tired of hearing all this talk from people who don't understand the process of hard work-like little kids in the back seat asking 'Are we there yet?' Get where you're going 1 mile-marker at a time. β€” Nick Saban

Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don't last, but BAD GUYS do. - Scott Hall quote

Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don't last, but BAD GUYS do. β€” Scott Hall

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. β€” Paulo Coelho

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. β€” Leonardo da Vinci

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times. β€” Rick Warren

Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times of warmth and does not change its leaves in times of cold: it continues unfading through the four seasons, becomes increasingly stable as it passes through ease and danger. β€” Zhuge Liang

The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard. About rejecting panicked division for purposeful unity. About seeing a mountaintop from the deepest valley. That is why we remember that some of the most famous words ever spoken by an American came from a president who took office in a time of turmoil: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. β€” Barack Obama

It's a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you're ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good a time as any. β€” Hugh Laurie

There is one thing sure about life: Life will push us hardly many times! When you are pushed, don't be surprised; stay firm like a plane tree or be elastic like a bamboo! β€” Mehmet Murat Ildan

It's time for the bully pulpit of the White House to bring the gangstas in, put them around the table and let them know that if they don't come up with loan modifications and keep people in their homes that they've worked so hard for, we're gonna tax them out of business. β€” Maxine Waters

Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They're realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks. β€” Elbert Hubbard

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one β€” Bruce Lee

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light. - Rabindranath Tagore quote

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light. β€” Rabindranath Tagore

Times may be hard and people may be demanding, but never forget that life is special. Every single day is a special day. God is at work in you! β€” Charles R. Swindoll

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times. β€” Saint Augustine

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. β€” Leo Tolstoy

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. β€” E. O. Wilson

Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand. β€” Sylvia Plath

Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don't be discouraged by criticism. You probably already know what they're going to say. Pay no mind to the fear of failure. It's far more valuable than success. Take ownership, take chances, and have fun. And no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing. β€” Asher Roth

Our youth must be steadfast and take advantage of the benefits of modern civilization. Do not fall prey to idleness for it shall be a curse to you and to succeeding generations. You must set yourselves us as examples of determination and hard work. Plan your time and use both your physical and mental powers purposefully and productively. β€” Haile Selassie

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't. β€” Bill Hybels

People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression. β€” Byron Katie

I always rib people, but nobody ever gives me a hard time. I don't know why. Maybe they're afraid of what I might say. There's probably a lesson in that somewhere, but I don't know what it is. β€” Don Rickles

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. β€” John F. Kennedy

I am thankful for all the hard times I've been through and all the tears I've cried because that has put me as closer to God and made me the strong woman I am today! β€” Angela Merkel

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive. β€” Whoopi Goldberg

I love songs about horses, railroads, land, Judgment Day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God. β€” Johnny Cash

When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up. β€” Thelonious Monk

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

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them - Rita Levi-Montalcini quote

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best comes from them β€” Rita Levi-Montalcini

Has it ever struck you ... that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going? It’s really all memory ... except for each passing moment. β€” Eric Kandel

Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort. β€” Mark Twight

Once you choose hope, anything's possible β€” Christopher Reeve

This hard place in which you perhaps find yourself is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him, to spend time in prayer, and to learn long-suffering, gentleness, meekness - in short, to learn the depths of the love that Christ Himself has poured out on all of us. β€” Elisabeth Elliot

My hard work finally catching up with perfect timing - Future quote

My hard work finally catching up with perfect timing β€” Future

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. β€” Randy Pausch

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