- “Life challenges are unavoidable. We only need to develop new strategies overcome every challenge. And by faith we can graciously triumph.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- Pain is important: how we evade it, how we succumb to it, how we deal with it, how we transcend it. Audre Lorde
- Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success. Abdul Kalam
- When it’s tough, lean in and stay strong. Remember it’s for the better. It’s for you, not against you. Maxime Lagacé
- “If one door is closed, find another open door.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- You can handle anything if you can handle time alone. @orangebook_
- Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof. Alice Walker
- Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t. Bill Hybels
- When times are hard and you are mentally and physically exhausted and feel like you have nothing left and all you want to do is quit, that’s when you find out who you are! Stay hard! David Goggins
- When we go all in, we find the answers. They’re in us. Kamal Ravikant
- You need hard times to become strong, otherwise you stay weak. Maxime Lagacé
- “We trust and rely on God at all times.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “Adversity tests the limit of our strength.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- “Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for. People who enjoy the struggles of a gym are the ones who run triathlons and have chiseled abs and can benchpress a small house. People who enjoy long workweeks and the politics of the corporate ladder are the ones who fly to the top of it. People who enjoy the stresses and uncertainties of the starving artist lifestyle are ultimately the ones who live it and make it.This is not about willpower or grit. This is not another admonishment of “no pain, no gain.” This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes. Our problems birth our happiness, along with slightly better, slight upgraded problems.” ― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
- “Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose, to accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes, you must free your ambitious mind, and learn the art of dying.” ― Bruce Lee
- Do you understand that the main thing holding you back is your belief that something is holding you back? Ralph Marston
- “When you face any difficulty, do not panic but pray.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased. Joel Osteen
- “In the furnace of fire, gold and silver are refined.In the furnace of affliction, we are refined and purified.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- “Faith is why I’m here today and faith is why I made it through.” ― Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated: The Life Of A Boy Who Never Knew A Mother’s Love
- “In any situation, listen and follow the first instinct, the sacred inner voice.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- It’s not supposed to be easy. Life is designed to test the human soul. David Goggins
- Every downturn had ended in an upturn. Noah Kerner
- “The gift of life is the most valuable wealth.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- It takes time for a fruit to mature and acquire sweetness and become eatable; time is a prime factor for most good fortunes. The Vedas
- Never abandon life. There is a way out of everything except death. Winston Churchill
- If my wealth goes away, it takes with it nothing but itself. Seneca
- Persist. Jack Butcher
- Accept hardship as a necessary discipline. Lailah Gifty Akita
- “There are no smooth paths to success. You have to straighten many rugged roads and scale numerous walls for the ultimate triumph.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind