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A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.Shannon L. Alder
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Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.Sarah Dessen
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Sometimes the Lord allows us to go through tough times so we learn to rely upon Him.Shirley Corder
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Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ‪Unknown
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You never know how the tough times you are going through today will inspire someone else tomorrow.Tim Tebow
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Wearing fake happiness is as good as smearing foundation. A bit of moisture drains it all.Aniruddha Sastikar
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We all have problems. Or rather, everyone has at least one thing that they regard as a problem.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Sometimes you learn, grow and give far more when your back's against the wall.Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Let them be what they want to be. Make yourselves what you want to be.Harshvardhan Malpani
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When you can share the lessons you learnt through tears and heartache and others find life in it and are better off for it, then beauty has come out of those ashes.TemitOpe Ibrahim
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Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.Anthon St. Maarten
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Every tough situation, toughen the soul.Lailah Gifty Akita
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All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.Shannon L. Alder
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All may not be well but, sometimes, things that seem so uncanny are what shield and protect us from the worst situations in life.Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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This is my toughest time but the greatest.Lailah Gifty Akita
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I measure my friends not by being there with me when everything is going well, but embracing me when I'm criticized and when I endure tough times.Terraine Francois
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Great men do not experience small challenges. They face great challenge but that is what makes them great. That is what give them great story. That is what inspires them to live and leave distinctive footprints on minds. Though they face great challenges, they gather great momentum and strength to fight such challenges with fortitude and tenacity to the satisfaction of their inner man. Great men, though they face great challenges, they always come out of the challenges as great men with great stories. They live and leave distinctive footprints of life on minds.Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found in living. I choose. After all, it’s my point of view.Steve Goodier
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I still have a tendency to sit back and wait out the bad things that try and take over my life.Dean Bakopoulos
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Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be.Karen Salmansohn
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Acknowledging our heartache and our hardship is the first step in coping and dealing with it.Luschka Van Onselen
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You know what's sexy? A person who's been through a life challenge, and comes out with insights, more depth, and a fiery passion to face forward, forward, forward!Karen Salmansohn
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Throw out old clothes and shoes, and train your brain to get rid of old thoughts and ideas.Karen Salmansohn
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It's not only the event itself, but the way we explain it to ourselves that causes depression.Karen Salmansohn
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Write a complaint letter. Then answer it.Karen Salmansohn
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We can't control on how each day will fall, but we can control how we fall into each day. Learn to make adjustments to match the circumstances.Anthony Liccione
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Tough times are opportunities to prove to yourself that your mind is tougher than all challenges.Unknown
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If life doesn't give up on you in good times, why then would you dare to give up on it in tough times?Unknown
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... what kind of life do we live if we let fear break us down? The truth is there will be tough times, we've certainly been through them before; but good things happen everyday. Great things. We just have to open our eyes and see them.Christene Houston
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Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to get to the best. Keep moving forward. Be patient.Karen Salmansohn
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The only way to cry your eyes out and laugh your ass off at the same time is to have your mom or girlfriends present. Without them, the laughing part wouldn't be nearly as fun.Shannon L. Alder
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No matter what the day brings and no matter how hard life hits you, if you can breathe, smile and keep moving on! Once you have life, know that God is alive!Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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You are stronger than your challenges and your challenges are making you stronger.Karen Salmansohn
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The world was a tough and unfair place, but even the most hardened soul likes to chew on fruit.Paul Adam Levy
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All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach meKaren Salmansohn
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Sometimes it's better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.Karen Salmansohn
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Don't focus on who let you down. Appreciate who lifted you up. Don't focus on who darkened your days. Appreciate who brightened them.Karen Salmansohn
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Your mission: May you continue to shine no matter the storms you have been through.Karen Salmansohn
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Just as physical wounds heal at different rates in different people, so do emotional wounds. Everyone has different needs and speeds.Karen Salmansohn
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Because you see, when you’re a strong person, people often look to you to take care of them. People look to you for help. People look to you for strength. And when your life spins out of control, it’s as if their lives are tied to your own and will come crashing down with yours.Nessie Q.
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He picked up one of Lorna's roses and set it in my lap. "Here." I picked it up and smelled it. He poked me in the shoulder. "See what I mean? Thorns don't stop you from sniffing. Or putting them in a vase on the kitchen table. You work around them.... Cause the rose is worth it... Think what you'd miss.Charles Martin