Quotes About Hardship

You cant plan life. Theres bad things and its tough. Its hard every day and then something beautiful happens. Then its tough again and you are struggling and then theres a miracle, and thats really what life is. Its not just perfect all the time, but we have those amazing moments that make everything worth it.

Cherish and be thankful for everything you have because there are so many people out there who are struggling to make two ends meet.

One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness: for the crops carried in from the fields and the grapes from the vineyard.

It's been hard. Easier was the wrong word. There's nothing easy about freedom. You have to strive. You have to make a plan and stick to it.

certainly lived through more troubles than Tina, though Tina's own life couldn't be considered an easy one.

I was in a temper fit to blow the lid off a kettle of boiling water. And who wouldn't be? Since sunup, I'd been doing chores. I'd milked the cow, hauled two buckets of water from the well, fed the chickens, and then fought the hens for their eggs. Now I was down on my knees, sweat-soaked and bug-bitten, yanking weeds from the vegetable patch. My hands were caked with mud, and my nose was burned as red as a strawberry.

Anything good in his life he had fought and scratched for, and his joy came from a deep place of understanding the lack of it.

truck driver, but mostly earning

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

Like almost every other colored person, I couldn't tell the difference because we'd been going through a "depression" all our lives.

The weaklings were winnowed out by these great storms, and the chastened souls of those who survived knew little of pleasure.

I'm sick. It's true. It isn't going to go away. All my life, I've thought that if I just worked hard enough, it would. I've always thought that if I just pulled myself together, I'd be a good person, a calm person, a person like everyone else.

The misfortune! The misery! The . . . whatever is worse than misery!

So schlepp ich weiter an der schweren Kette Und presse Brot und Wasser aus dem Stein. Kehr ich einst wieder, werden meine Hände Zu rauh für alle blauen Träume sein.

life is like a rock it hurts and is harder then you think.

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. But it can damage us along the way.

I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.

Adversity is the evil twin of reward.

Hardship is a legitimate test of character, resilience a legitimate sign of strength and patience a legitimate mark of faith.

One does not become strong by lifting feathers.

Tears are the sweat of champions.

The greater the pressure the brighter the diamond.

Will my life be miraculously free from pain, despair, grief, heartbreak, hardship, loneliness, depression? No. But di I want to love? Yes. Yes. A thousand times, yes.

Comfort for me is not about everything being perfect. It is about finding comfort despite life being imperfect, being occasionally harsh and brutal. The resilience we find in the hard times is what makes us strong in all seasons.