100 Quotes About Hardship

Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being. (109) JeanYves Leloup

I’m sorry it’s had to be this hard. But if I hadn’t walked this path, who would I be? At the moment I felt at the center of my life, the dream still braided like sweetgrass in my memory. I remembered Duffy’s challenge. Imagine a world worth living in, a world worth fighting for. I closed my eyes and allowed my hopes to soar. I heard the beatings of wings nearby. I opened my eyes. A young man on a nearby rooftop released his pigeons, like dreams, into the dawn. Leslie Feinberg

One man suffers to save many. Lailah Gifty Akita

In the darkness time, no human can save you, only the sacred divine light. Lailah Gifty Akita

Without hardships, how could we know hope? Lailah Gifty Akita

You ought to endure eagerly every situation with hope. Lailah Gifty Akita

Hardships are hills of mountains, which must be overcome for the highest accomplishments. Lailah Gifty Akita

Hardships refine a man to what he ought to be. Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is an individual race of endurance. Lailah Gifty Akita

I know you’re scared, Letti, but sweetheart…you haven’t seen anything yet. You’ve not known true fear... S.R. Crawford

I have seen times of plentiful and times of scarcity. I enjoy the times of prosperity and endure the times of difficulty. Lailah Gifty Akita

We thrive in hardships by God’s grace. Lailah Gifty Akita

To storm, a mind, it must be balanced, by what can't be it must be challenged... Will Advise

Life had been hard on this girl, Jacob, but she had enough courage for an army. Dean Koontz

When life gets hectic and you feel overwhelmed, take a moment to focus on the people and things you are most grateful for. When you have an attitude of gratitude, frustrating troubles will fall by the wayside. Dana Arcuri

Let it rain on some days, Let yourself shiver on some cold nights, So when it's Spring you'll know why it was all worth going through. Sanhita Baruah

Your true love for God is demonstrated through your ability to hold onto your faithfulness in the midst of Prosperity and Poverty, Happiness and Hardships, Sickness and Success; in whatever is Appealing or Appalling! Israelmore Ayivor

When you speak, be sure of what you are speaking. Don't be rambling full of words that have no integrity or truth. Nobody wants to confide in you when they doubt what you say. If you are filled with untruths, those characteristics make it hard for anyone to believe in you. Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level. Germany Kent

If you endure every struggle, you will find your potential strength. Lailah Gifty Akita

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object–the joy of living–is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up. There are valleys, cliffs, streams, precipices, and slides, and as he walks these steep paths, the climber may think he cannot go any farther, or even that dying would be better than going on. But then he resumes fighting the difficulties directly in front of him, and when he is finally able to turn and look back at what he has overcome, he finds he has truly experienced the joy of living while on life's very road. . Eiji Yoshikawa

The truth is scary. We all think we want it, but once it’s given, it’s harder to swallow than we originally thought. But sometimes, when the pain is too much, we have to be honest with ourselves. Why are we unhappy? Why are we scared? Is it internal, or external? Then when we find the answer, we need to accept it (see chapter 1), and make the necessary changes to fix it. S.R. Crawford

The sun rises in the east every morning and falls in the west, Ayden. Darknesses are awaken and fate is tested, destinies are foreseen. Thy soul the only enemy, a hero is born. A new light rises once again... Unknown

Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for. Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't like forgetting, Elías, " I said with my eyes closed. A single tear slipped down my cheek and I let it. "I don't want to forget these moments that constantly remind me of who I am, who I was, and who you are. I don't want to forget my past and all the things about this world that's brought me here. With you."" So then why do you try?" he asked, his gaze searching my face. "Be here with me, T. Exist with me, because there isn't any other way I'd love you more."" I- I don't belong to you."" Bullshit. You've belonged to me since that night on the alabaster hill. I had you then, and I swore to keep you."" You-"" Just stop." Eli placed a finger to my lips as he held me closely and slid a hand down my back. He palmed my shoulder and the place where a piece of him would forever harbor. "Stop making up excuses. Stop hiding. Stop running from me. You're the light at the end of my tunnel, my saving grace, and you don't even know it, Trinity. Unknown

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. Charles Caleb Colton

I hope that you will be faced with difficult choices and decisions, trials that won’t undo you, but that will drive you toward reflection and understanding. Trust that your fears will sometimes tell you about your desires. You will see that you can survive the terror that comes with growth and change, with vulnerability and risk. Donald Antrim

Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves that wreck and sink your boat. Life is a series of storms―overcast skies, fierce winds, and pelting rain. You were meant to be immersed in it all―first to float, then swim, and eventually to walk on water. Richelle E. Goodrich

Finding the reason to live doesn't put you on top, it's the hardships faced in process that get you there. Sachin Kumar Puli

Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive. Richelle E. Goodrich

When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let go. Richelle E. Goodrich

We endure hardships by God’s grace. Lailah Gifty Akita

There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be. Richelle E. Goodrich

Acknowledge that some moments are just plain awful―desperate and gloomy and painful and miserable and nothing at all but anguish. No truthful, cheerful thought in the world will fix it. So let me cry awhile. Don't try to find a sunbeam where a shroud of darkness encloses me. Let me mourn. Then, after the storm, when the tears have run dry and my eyes choose to open, I will look for your rainbow of hope. Richelle E. Goodrich

A friend is someone who will always be there for you, in good and hard times. Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is hard and unfair. It is cruel and heartless, painful, trying, disappointing, unapologetic, and frequently downright awful. But that's not important. What's important is that through it all you learn how much you need your Heavenly Father and how much your friends need you. Richelle E. Goodrich

Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through. Richelle E. Goodrich

If I could just capture each memory in a bottle the maybe you people would understand how much I've suffered, how much I've been through, but most importantly how far I have come. Tommy Tran

Sit with me, and I'll not be alone. Hold my hand, and I'll not feel alone. Cry with me, and I'll no longer suffer alone. Richelle E. Goodrich

Keep your hope in the Lord. Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be. Karen Salmansohn

If we were always given a choice as to every path presented us in life, a multitude of roads leading to priceless treasures would forever go untraveled. Be grateful for your adversities. From toil and triumph evolves a life worth li Richelle E. Goodrich

Some days are hard on us. Life gets serious and shit sucks. But you're my favorite distraction, attraction and human being. And, I can't wait to love you more tomorrow. Crystal Woods

Hardships lead to strength of character. Lailah Gifty Akita

We all have our own road to walk. Whether rocky, curving, straight or smooth, what good is a lonely road? It’s when we run and intersect with other roads that defines our road. When road meets road do we get direction, and choices to cross into another life. Anthony Liccione

Closing your eyes won't make the awfulness go away. It may be that nothing will. But dwelling on it, dreading the evil, playing out the misery in your head - doesn't this feed the monster? You can't close your eyes to life, but you can choose where your gaze lingers. Richelle E. Goodrich

So let those people go on weeping and wailing whose self-indulgent minds have been weakened by long prosperity, let them collapse at the threat of the most trivial injuries; but let those who have spent all their years suffering disasters endure the worst afflictions with a brave and resolute staunchness. Everlasting misfortune does have one blessing, that it ends up by toughening those whom it constantly afflicts. Seneca

Personal problems appear big because we press our nose to the glass to observe them. This only serves to magnify our troubles. The problems of others we tend to view at a reasonable distance from the window, making their woes and bothers appear ordinary. Too bad we don't naturally take a few steps back before considering our own plight. Richelle E. Goodrich

Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day. (You can't overdose.)– Pray; discuss your troubles with God.–List your blessings. (The blue sky, soft cookies, warm socks, etc.)– Call your mom.– Visit an animal shelter and hug a lonely cat.– Visit a nursing home and hug a lonely grandparent. Richelle E. Goodrich

If you go through the hot furnace of hardships, you will be refined like gold. Lailah Gifty Akita

Endure every hardship with hope. Lailah Gifty Akita

Maybe someday, if I succeed at something, I'll stop saying, "It isn't fair" about everything else. Lois Lowry

The path to Salvation is as narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor's edge. W. Somerset Maugham

You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them – I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you. Tamora Pierce

Pause and remember: It is through our deepest trials and life hardships that we are given the greatest opportunity to find the person we have been looking for our whole life - our authentic beautiful self. Jenni Young

Life’s journey doesn’t start on the highest mountain peak where a clear view of the trail ahead, obstacles and all, is laid out for us to observe before setting foot on the path. No. Life’s journey begins on a low road, in a valley, or even down inside a pit where the trail beyond can only be seen in short stretches, and any obstacles are met as they come. This makes life trying, even scary at times. Have faith that God gave you this life, and hence it is worth seeing through to the end of the trail. Richelle E. Goodrich

There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic. Richelle E. Goodrich

Face it; life's gonna chew you up and spit you out. If you're lucky you'll get stuck to the bottom of someone's shoe and be carried far, far away from it all. Richelle E. Goodrich

This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so much more to embrace. Richelle E. Goodrich

If you avoid all of life's abrasions you will never be polished enough to shine. Richelle E. Goodrich

How I wished after all the hardships, you will immediately attain your reward. But it's not that easy. You need to wait for the right time to come in your life. Always bear in mind that diligence is nothing without perseverance. Joe Mari Fadrigalan

Whatever doesn't destroy you, makes you stronger. Hardships have a way of toughening us, if they don't kill us. V.C. Andrews

Jesus Christ is always there for you. He longs to aid you, He longs to be by your side, to help you through your struggles, to heal your aching heart and to mend your broken soul. He’s standing there with His arms outstretched, waiting for you to come to Him so that He can comfort you and guide you and help you through the changes you may be experiencing. Change may be scary, but it can be a great thing. Christ and His Atonement have helped the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the lame to walk, the dead to live again, and the sinner to repent. Because of His love for us, we have a way to be cleansed and to change our hearts and our souls. As we strive to align our goals and desires with the principles of the Gospel, we will grow closer to our Father in Heaven and will understand more and more how we can live with Him again. . Jayda Skidmore

Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength, within our trials lives our triumphs. Friction creates a platform for change, generates heat and or fervor and creates a motivational charge that gives us an opportunity to be better. A gem cannot be polished without friction and so neither a person without hardships. Friction within and friction without sharpens our senses and revives our internal resolutions. Friction is uncomfortable, hardships are distressing but both are necessary. We cannot light a match without friction nor can we hone steal. Uncomfortable as it may be, our adversity ultimately lights a fire and sharpens our very will to flourish. Today, let us not be discouraged, let us not be bitter in our suffering rather let us be encouraged as we look to our trials as a medium that will eventually make us better. . Jason Versey

This world is all vanity. It is a tempest hurling us from one sorrow to another. Jocelyn Murray

God is willing and able to turn his judgements into joys .. . Don't ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future. John Piper

I encourage anyone who has gone through hardships to look back through their life’s chapters and see what can be turned into a book. For you never know what heartache God, one day, can turn into a redemptive story. Jolina Petersheim

We encountered many hardships. With hope, we find the strength to endure. Lailah Gifty Akita

You can endure every hardship with hope. Lailah Gifty Akita

I hope your only rocky road is chocolate. Amanda Mosher

A river has many curves, but it always reaches the ocean. Donald L. Hicks

I feel that we are often taken out of our comfort zones, pushed and shoved out of our nests, because if not, we would never know what we could do with our wings, we would never see the horizon and the sun setting on it, we would never know that there's something far better beyond where we are at the moment. It can hurt, but then later you say "thank you." I have been pushed and shoved and have fallen out and away, so very, very, many, many times! And others around me have not! But then, the others haven't seen what I have seen or felt what I have felt or been who I have been, they can't become what I have become. I am me. C. Joybell C.

Perhaps there really is a good that exists; for a century of darkness to be eschewed by a single flame; for a decade of evil done to the heart to be undone by simple and unplanned acts of kindness! There must be a goodness, after all! But we don't find it when we're looking for it; not in church, not in a cathedral, not even in our own homes! We find it when we've fallen down so hard, are downtrodden so low; and there is one true friend who picks us up; or one random person who takes us in! And we realize goodness was never in the places we thought it was! It was all along in the most humble of places: bound up in the heart of a true friend. C. Joybell C.

Hardship makes us to rely solely on God for help. Lailah Gifty Akita

An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy. Oliver North

Coal that bears that pressure meets a diamond. Shumila Shah

A life without a storm would lack drama. Pounding waves of a tempestuous sea test a person’s mettle. A fearless sailor climbs the rigging and shouts out at the top of their lungs into the wind and rain whipping across their face that they will not go quietly into the good night without a fight. Kilroy J. Oldster

You know the good thing with hardships and moving on? -- you'll surely taste the pleasure of getting up and do more. Be better! Ira N. Barin

A winner endures all pain. Lailah Gifty Akita

CENTER-OF-THE-UNIVERSE, that was me entering the workplace. And I woke up one day soon after that, struggling at the bottom of a vast ocean. But I needed that. Humbling experiences are part of growing - they help shape us and mold our character. Welcome to life. Yay PaduaOlmedo

The next time you feel that you will never get past the things you’re experiencing now, look back on the trials you’ve experienced in the past and think about how far you’ve come since they happened. Trials won’t last forever, and change will always benefit you. Remember that without change, there would be no butterflies. Without change, the dead of winter would never turn into the beauty of spring. Without change, the dark of night would never turn into the triumph of dawn. Jayda Skidmore

You should never leave your "house of bread", under any pretence, whether it is oppression, troubles or hardships. Sunday Adelaja

Under every layer of pain, another layer of recovery lies in wait, the sweet, forever surprising truth of endurance. Carrie Snyder

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger