- You have the power to change anything. Rhonda Byrne
- Hard times are good in their own way, too. The only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. Gabrielle Williams
- It’s not supposed to be easy. Life is designed to test the human soul. David Goggins
- “We came into existence with nothing. And, when our spirit departs, we will take nothing out of world.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
- “With the power of God, we can scale any wall.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
- What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are. Epictetus
- You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to. Robin Williams
- “People think good times will last forever…until they don’t.” ― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That’s Why You Have One
- When you understand, there is peace. When you don’t, there is fear. Maxime Lagacé
- “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!
- No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. Randy Pausch
- “Smile even when you’re going through some hard times.” ― Alcurtis Turner
- It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success. J.K. Rowling
- Life is given to us not only for pleasures. Nikolai Gogol
- There were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times. Steve Jobs
- A true champion has experienced fatigue many times and yet always finds what they still haven’t given. David Goggins
- The hard stuff will always be hard. The scary stuff will always be scary. It won’t ever feel easy and you won’t ever feel like doing it. The real way to move forward is knowing that you can push yourself. You can do it anyway. That’s how you succeed. Mel Robbins
- Successful people failed more than most made attempts. @orangebook_
- We have the opportunity, even in difficult times, to let our spirit shine. Jack Kornfield
- Pros are just amateurs who learned from their mistakes. James Clear
- Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself. Epictetus
- Life is a storm that will test you unceasingly. Don’t wait for calm waters that may not arrive. Derive purpose from resilience. Learn to sail the raging sea. @TheStoicEmperor
- As long as you keep getting born, it’s alright to die sometimes. Orson Scott Card
- Problems are messages. Shakti Gawain
- In a day, when you don’t come across any problems – you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path. Swami Vivekananda
- “When our consciousness has become a haven of illusions, our mind may have a hard time to fight the maze in our thinking. Only anchor points from our past and the innocence of our childhood might give back the core of what we are. (“Not without the past”)” ― Erik Pevernagie
- Suffering is when we resist the moment. Kamal Ravikant
- In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity. Horace
- Pain doesn’t last. And when it’s gone, we have something to show for it. Growth. Kamal Ravikant
- “Is there any life without any difficulty?” ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind