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108 Difficult Times Quotes
Be encouraged by these difficult times quotes. Difficulties in your life will only last dependent on how you react to them, which, in turn, determines your ability
to cope with the difficulties you are facing. It is our hope that you will utilize the wisdom within all of these problematic thoughts and sayings to reach for ways to travel forward.
Difficult times are not infrequent throughout life. The mainstay of forward movement rather than thinking that all is forever lost is
to adopt the attitude that with action this shall pass. If you think you are immune from troubles, tribulations or problems you will be sourly disappointed.
However, through challenges comes opportunities if we have the eyes to see, the ears to hear and the perseverance of a bird to fly in all kinds of bad weather.
For those who are going through difficult times share these words with them. You may also be inspired by these
poems of encouragement.
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"Out of difficulties grow miracles."
Jean de la Bruyere
Christian Poems
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You can bury a lot of troubles by digging into the dirt.
Unknown
Garden Poems
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Difficult times are more easily faced through friendship with caring individuals.
Sam Fickinsen
Friendship Poems
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Happy is the person who can hold up under the trials of life. At the right time, he’ll know God’s sweet approval and will be crowned with life. As God has promised, the crown awaits all who love Him.
James 1:12 (VOICE)
Quotes About Being Happy
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"In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements."
Mao Tse-Tung
Inspirational Poems
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Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people – people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
E.B. White
Poems About Books
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It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.
C.S. Lewis
Poems About God
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Life's trials we all know, but character formed with love will flow.
Catherine Pulsifer, The Purpose
Character Poems
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When life gets hard, don't just stop and stall, believe that you can, that matters most of all.
Catherine Pulsifer, Keep Moving
Poems About Confidence

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Life is
not a series of triumphs without a series of obstacles or difficult times. What will make you different and stand out above so many others
is your ability to turn these challenges or obstacles into something better, or a valued opportunity to be more of a person than you have ever imagined
Catherine Pulsifer
Difficult Situation
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We can show that in spite of hardship, helping others does inspire.
Catherine Pulsifer, Lending A Hand
Poems About Hands
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Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John R. Wooden
Be The Best Quotes
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If all our path were smooth and fair, by no soft gloom enshrouded...should we not long for storms and showers to break the constant gladness?
Unknown, The Joy Of Incompleteness
Heaven Poems
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No matter how dark the night, sunrises after the dawn of new day.
Lailah Gifty Akita
Sunrise Quotes
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"Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties,
passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and
seeing them gratified."
Samuel Johnson
Poems About Life
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Sure there is lots of trouble. Sure there are heaps of cares...But we must keep pursuing something, and see it through
Douglas Malloch, One Thing Is For Certain, Son
Son Poems
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Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.
Christopher Morley
Poems About Water
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No man ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm. Kites rise against, not with the wind.
J. Neal
Funny Poems About Life
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Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Henry Ford
Quotes About Character
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Don’t give up in times of difficulty. Persevere on as there will be an end to these.
Edward Dunedin
Perseverance Quotes
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Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times.
David Jeremiah
Quotes About The Bible
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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanksgiving Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ain't no use in grievin' over these hard times...Ain't a bit o' good in it
Unknown, No Use Grievin'
Meaningful Poems

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Success is failure turned inside out - The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And when you never can tell how close you are, it may be near when it seems afar
Edgar A. Guest
Don't Quit Poem
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Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
Quotes About Blessings
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There can be no truer instance of the darkest hour before the dawn than the dreariness and distress of the first so-called "Good Friday.
Wm. Croswell Doane
Good Friday Poems
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Scripture suggests that meditating on the Word of God can have an always-on effect of peace and strength in difficult times.
David Jeremiah
Quotes About The Bible
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Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill
Adversity Poems
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When facing difficult times, a good laugh can help lift the feelings of disappointment and challenge.
Kate Summers
Laugh Quotes
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Words can't express how I feel - I feel like such a heel. Please accept this apology I caused so much difficulty.
Catherine Pulsifer, How I Feel
Apology Poems
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When you walk with friends it can make a challenging or difficult journey
seem a lot shorter and a great deal easier.
Iyanla Vanzant, Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything
Meaningful Friendship Quotes

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Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone, for sad old earth must borrow its mirth, but has trouble enough of its own.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Solitude Poem
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God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them.
C.S. Lewis
Bible Verses about Hope In Hard Times
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Miracles are not the absence of difficulty, but the presence of God's power in the midst of difficulty.
Tim Keller
Quotes About Miracles
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Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds.
James 1:2 (NIV)
Christian Quotes About Joy
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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
Poems About Change
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Things can always get worse, but only quitters quit!
Nina Sakura
Quotes About Quitting
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Difficult times can actually make us stronger!
Catherine Pulsifer
The Oak Tree Poem
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Things can always get worse, but only quitters quit!
Nina Sakura
Quotes About Quitting
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When shadows and darkness hide glories that were, and hope flies the bosom, I'll never despair
Daniel C. Colesworthy, I'll Never Despair
Life Mottos
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In dark times of despair the wee still voice would whisper, “Work on and strive and dare.”
David V. Bush, It's Worth The Price
Be The Best You Can Be
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Whether we are going through hard times or we are just looking to the future we all need to cling to hope
Catherine Pulsifer
Poems About Hope
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There is a saying in Tibetan, "Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength". No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.
Dalai Lama
Lost Hope Quotes
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Love God like a powerful being who will come to help you in times of difficulties, unlike Santa Claus, who only give gifts
Criss Jami
Famous Christmas Poems
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"Other people's opinion can easily be disregarded, but,
that of our parents can be difficult.
Parents are the first role model to every child,
the sons always want to be like their dad and the daughters
always want to be like their mum."
Jide Adeniba, You Can Have It If You Really Want It
Mentor Quotes

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See difficulties as teachers. The path from victim to victor is through seeking out and embracing opportunities for growth.
David J. Bookbinder, The Art of Balance
Opportunity Quotes
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Resilience is the ability to keep moving forward even when the way seems difficult.
Tony Dungy
Resilience Quotes
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Though clouds of sorrow often fall...there still is sunshine for us all, with passing- of life's showers.
Martha Shepard Lippincott, Sunshine Beyond
Sunshine Poems
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I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Maya Angelou
Poems on Life Lessons
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The only people worthy to be in your life are the ones that help you through the hard times and laugh with you after the hard times pass.
Ziad K. Abdelnour
Quotes For A Friend
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Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.
Robert K. Greenleaf
Community Quotes
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Start where you stand and never mind the past, the past won't help you in beginning new, if you have left it all behind at last
Berton Braley
Start Where You Stand
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Even though tomorrow will be dark for me, I thank you for trying to bring me to the light.
K. Weikel
Thank You Friend Poems
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For This One Hour I can be forgiving. I can leave the lowlands of resentment, grudges and bitterness, and rise to the highlands of understanding, love and forgiveness.
William Arthur Ward
For This One Hour

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The hills ahead look harder than they are.
Douglas Malloch
The Hills Ahead
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Some of these days all the burdens will be lighter; hearts will be happier, souls will be whiter
Unknown, Knowledge
Poems About The Future
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Tell Jesus when the burden seems too great for you to bear; go lay it at the feet of Christ, and know that he will care;
D. Wesley Myland, Tell Jesus
Poems About Jesus
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The glare of the sun is hard and hot; the road is dusty, the way is long; shift your burden, and heed it not...for the wind will wake and the stars be bright and the heart that sings is blest!
Grace Duffield Goodwin, Gloom Of Night
Poems About Night
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"Every problem has a gift for you in its hands."
Richard Bach
Short Quotes
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When the burdens of life get too heavy and what should be sweet seems as gall, I go on a soul-cleansing journey that shows me the need of it all.
Edgar Nye, The Silence
Poems About God's Love
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Constant sunshine, howe'er welcome, ne'er would ripen fruit or flower
Unknown, Learn To Wait
Patience Poem
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Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.
Paulo Coelho
Poems About Sunset
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Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.
Robert K. Greenleaf
Community Quotes
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It’s not like I always wanted to work in Sales or that I flew to just landed on the top. I have had my share of ups and downs and I have tried to use each as a stepping-stone for better things.
Chander Shekhar Sibal, 10X Your Sales Effectiveness Now
Motivational Sales Quotes
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"Optimists are persistent and believe that adversities can be overcome."
Ian K. Smith, M.D., happy Simple Steps to Get the Most Out of Life
Optimistic Quotes
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That in the dark, bleak days I'll know, You are there, beside me, no power on earth can change that fact, my God! I know You'll guide me.
Greta Zwaan, How Does One Know?
God Is In Control
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We are well advised to accept the reality that the great lessons in life often come to us through some form of extreme hardship.
Robert White
Life Lessons Quotes
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You've been our rock during the hard times, I owe you so much praise.
Julie Hebert, My Husband, A Great Father
Happy Fathers Day To My Husband
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There are many issues in life that we have absolutely no control over, but our own attitude is 100% within our control.
Catherine Pulsifer
Life is The Way It Is
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Square up your shoulders and set all your sail, for if you have the stuff, boy, you'll weather the gale.
Hobart Benjamin, You're Never Licked
The Key To Wants
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Tis well to feel there's one somewhere, as with life's struggles we contend, who can our joys and sorrows share, whom we may call a friend.
Lillian E Curtis, A Friend
Inspirational Friendship Poems

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"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which
difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
John Quincy Adams
Patience Quotes
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The challenge of saying goodbye to a special person, a friend is much different than a short-term "see you later".
Catherine Pulsifer
Saying Goodbye Poem
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"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious,
than to be able to decide."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Decision Quotes
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"God shall wipe away all tears" - His promise shall remain -
and strengthened, healed and comforted - We face the world again.
Patience Strong
Comfort
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How we react during difficult times with evil enticements denied.
Greta Zwaan, Our Capable God
God Will Provide
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The bars of life at which we fret, that seem to prison and control,
are but the doors of daring, set ajar before the soul.
Henry VanDyke
Door Of Daring
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"It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise
and not allow them to increase unacknowledged."
Edward W. Ziegler
Time Quotes

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"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage.
The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."
William Ellery Channing
Discouragement Quotes
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I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.
Joyce Meyer
Thank You God Poems
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You always encouraged me to dream, cheered when I succeeded, and urged me to try again when I failed.
Sonny Melendrez, The Art of Living With Enthusiasm!
Energy Quotes
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"It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps,
but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men."
William Mathews
Motivational Quotes

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"Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal."
Goethe
Poems About Goals
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You got to have some trouble In this rough old world of ours, you got to fight the bumblebee, sometimes to pick the flowers
Unknown, The Journey
Life Journey Poems
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When I am wrong, Lord, courage me to own it; to say, "Forgive me for the wrong I did.
Strickland Gillilan
When I Am Wrong
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"Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion."
B. C. Forbes
Action Quotes

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"Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never
hardened off through stressful situations will never become a
strong productive plant."
Stephen Sigmund
Stress Quotes
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Anybody can point out difficulties; it calls for brains and courage to look beyond difficulties to the end.
Author Unknown, The Man Who Does
Motivational Poems
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Have to drown yourself in pity; life's a sad and doleful ditty.
Precious minutes are misspent by this type of discontent.
Wilhelmina Stitch
Two Kinds of Discontent
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My teacher says, little by little to the mountain-tops we climb,
it isn't all done in a minute, but only a step at a time
Carlotta Perry, A Little Boy's Troubles
Poems For Kids

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The story of someone who has succeeded in spite of difficulty can
stir our emotions.
Jim Rohn
Weekly Quotes
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Tomorrow is an opportunity to begin new opportunities to take in
A good night sleep will help you decide the best opportunities to provide
Catherine Pulsifer, The Day Is Over
Goon Night Poems
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But you can brighten up my day when e're you send me flowers. I'll know that someone out there cares through all these lonely hours.
Greta Zwaan, Give Me Flowers
Flower Poem
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Everyone, at some point in their lives, feels overwhelmed by the challenges
and obstacles that they have to face. In times of difficulty, we often look
around to find a source of inspiration and hope. Sometimes the easiest
and most powerful way to get a message across is through a story.
Verusha Singh, Inspirational Short Stories About Success And Happiness
Hope Quotes

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If blasting winds have blown your way. Do not lose your pep!
No wind or storm can last for aye. Do not lose your pep!
David V. Bush
Do Not Lose Your Pep
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Laughing more often and feeling better about myself would have prevented
many of the bruises to my fragile ego during those difficult days early
in my career when I was trying so desperately hard to survive.
Zig Ziglar, Ziglar on Selling: The Ultimate Handbook for the Complete Sales Professional
Humorous Quotes
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The real test of perseverance occurs at those times when the obstacles, issues, roadblocks or failure strikes the hardest.
Byron Pulsifer
Never Say Fail
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Every person's life from the wealthiest to the poorest has issues and difficulties to confront.
Byron Pulsifer
Be A Booster

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Brighter days will come to you, days that will be fair, if you only will have courage, and not give up in despair.
Lillian E. Curtis
Never Despair
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"Don't take things too
personally, it's not always about you." I wrote this quote
because of the endless drama I have created in my life before and the
drama that
I also see and feel everywhere. I have learned that this is a waste of
energy and only adds to my difficulties in life.
Elsa Mendoza, You Can Quote Me On This
Quotations
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When you have a problem, one that is especially difficult and baffling,
perhaps terribly discouraging, there is one basic principle to apply and
keep on applying. It is simply This - never quit.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, You Can If You Think You Can
Quotes To Live By
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"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant;
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not
be so welcome."
Anne Bradstreet
Adversity Quotes
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Though your life be a terror, and all constructions you have lain;
fall a victim to despair, try, try again.
J. J. Thorne
Try, Try Again

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Be never discouraged — Look up and look on;
When the prospect is darkest, the cloud is withdrawn
Daniel C. Colesworthy
Be Not Discouraged
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We all go through ups and downs in life, but it is always comforting to know that a friend is near during the difficult times we all experience
Byron Pulsifer
Poems
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God help us in our struggle here, give us to see the reasons for all our cares; and wisdom grant to gladly take life's seasons.
C. D. Barrett, The Seasons
Quotes About The Seasons
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Planning is a fundamental component of maintaining a business used to address potential difficulties before they surface.
Scott Darley, Time Planning Tools and Techniques
Planning Quotes
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"It is only through facing our fears and difficulties that we can find
creative and effective solutions."
Shakti Gawain, The Path of Transformation How Healing Ourselves Can Change The World
Solutions Quotes
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