Tough Times Quotes

“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.”
― Sarah Dessen

“A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.”
― Shannon l. Alder

“All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“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, Chasing Fireflies

“Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

“He came third in the state for woodwork,”
Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.”
― Melina Marchetta, The Piper's Son

“YOU MAY HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS NOW,
BUT ONLY IN TOUGH TIMES,
WILL YOU KNOW WHO THE REAL ONES
ARE.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

“Tough times don't define you, they refine you. ‪”
― Carlos A. Rodriguez, Designed For Inheritance: A Discovery of Sonship

“Be strong. Even when you can't be.”
― Saim .A. Cheeda

“The tough times we human beings go through, are meant to change us into better
people.”
― Ellen J. Barrier

“Let them be what they want to be. Make yourselves what you want to be.”
― Harshvardhan Malpani

“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

“Sometimes the Lord allows us to go through tough times so we learn to rely upon Him.”
― Shirley Corder, Strength Renewed: Meditations for Your Journey through Breast Cancer

“Wearing fake happiness is as good as smearing foundation. A bit of moisture drains it all.”
― Aniruddha Sastikar

“Moments. Just moments, one after the other. You only have to hold it together for one moment at a time.”
― Vikki Wakefield

“When you are friends with your storm, you dance, instead of getting blown away.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Birds never know if the sun will rise,
yet they sing everyday right before dawn.
And sure enough the sun emerges,
defeating the most ominous mourn.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“Tough times in life are not meant to define you, but to refine and strengthen you.”
― Shree Shambav, Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories - Series II

“Where there is wound, there is light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“When you are lost in the dark, remember the darkness of the night, and how it helps to make the stars shine.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“He had every right to be hardened by the cards life had dealt him but he had a heart as soft as clouds”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“The tougher the going gets, the closer He normally gets”
― Lucas D. Shallua

“No one’s life was completely perfect, and the human mind had a way of whispering damaging things to a person that were entirely unfair.”
― Jessie Newton, The Seafaring Girls

“All oblivious to my dreams, and to my state of struggle:
some would greet me, smiling at me.
But some laughed the hardest, laughing at me.
Some would express pity,
while some expressed sympathy.
Some would pretend that I wasn't even there.
And those who ignored me equalled my presence to that of the debris.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“[…] How often have I told you that is an addict doesn’t lose something, they’ve no incentive to change?’
‘Right.’ But he didn’t like it.
‘In fact, if - and it’s not going to - but it if I ever relapsed, you couldn’t stay with me.’
‘But what if I wanted to?’
I laughed. ‘You wouldn’t want to. I wouldn’t be me. And you wouldn’t be helping me, you’d be doing the opposite.’
He shook his head. ‘This is all very tough love. I don’t like it. I don’t like it one bit.”
― Marian Keyes, Again, Rachel

“I like a good challenge. However, hoping and waiting for readers to read is soul crushing.
"Money doesn't buy happiness" is the biggest lie in life, when rent (medical, power, food, etc.) are monetarily based.
If I had the money, I wouldn't have to beg people to read my books. I'd be a best seller without the struggle.
The struggle is part of the challenge, and I have rent that is always due.”
― L.L. Tibbetts, Elathan's Hope

“Tough times forge tough bonds.”
― Jury Nel

“The hardest part of tough times
is letting go of the good times.”
― Sharky Rich

“If you can find a reason to be happy even in tough times, imagine how much happiness you will feel in happy times.”
― Garima Soni - words world