Difficult Times Quotes

“There are certain life lessons that you can only learn in the struggle.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.”
― Robert Kennedy

“You can make heaven out of hell, or hell out of heaven. The choice is yours.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“These black times go as they come and we do not know how they come or why they go. But we know that God controls them, as he controls the whole vast cobweb of the mystery of things.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The White Witch

“The night taught me never to fear the dark times, by giving way to the dawn of a new day.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover

“We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.”
― Isabel Allende

“In any situation, there is a sacred-solution.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Feelings all your feelings is hard, but that's what they're for. Feelings are for feeling. All of them. Even the hard ones.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living / A Toolkit for Modern Life

“The moment you realize there is incredible beauty in not knowing.”
― Azra Gregor

“Contrast is the spiritual spice of life. It's a foolish mistake to assume that when the going gets tough, the magic must stop. The darkest, most difficult times are the most powerful for manifesting miracles.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“We are always exactly where we are supposed to be for our inner growth. The important thing is to remember that we are in the right place even in difficult times. This way we will suffer less and enjoy our personal journey more.”
― Diana-Maria Georgescu, THE UNSTOPPABLE THIRST : El Camino de Santiago de Compostela An Alchemic Path Towards The Inner Self

“It's the difficult years that makes you ready for a phenomenal life.”
― Hiral Nagda

“Knowing how to lose is a very important skill to have. It changes the way that you respond to things and assists you with keeping your stress levels down when difficult times are present.”
― Robin S. Baker

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

“The temptation during periods of stress and sadness is to adopt an air of solemnity and sorrow that may be understandable, but misses the opportunity to lighten the moment and take ourselves less seriously.”
― Rob Ryan Sullivan, A Trek Within: Embracing Unexpected Truths

“It does not matter what the difficulties are, if we are of Christ the difficulties are only the fuel that drives us unto the loving arms of eternity.”
― John M. Sheehan, Application Commentary On Friendship: The Book Of Ruth

“This trying time did take a toll on my mental bearing. I turned to classical music for the healing touch and to recoup. There were days when I would wake up in the wee hours and start practising vocal music vigorously. I never bothered if I sounded great or not; the very exercise gave me tremendous amounts of mental calmness...”
― K. Radhakrishnan, My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man behind the Mangalyaan Mission

“This will not last forever. One day soon it will be over and a week or a month after that it will seem as though it were no more than a dream. A nightmare, perhaps. But not something real. That's the remarkable thing about humanity; our capacity to forget.”
― T.M Cicinski, The Mind Is Its Own Place

“Do not be dishearten nor discouraged in difficult times.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“We are in difficult times but our determination to overcome depends on absolute reliance upon the Divine Being.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Until you are not tested, you cannot drive to your kingdom”
― Hiral Nagda

“Red sea experiences are a necessity to help us see God for who He really is”
― Royal Raj S

“We come to you grieving and sorrowful because We know that you are concerned for the faith in these difficult times. Now is truly the time in which the powers of darkness winnow the elect like wheat. 'The earth mourns and fades away….And the earth is infected by the inhabitants thereof, because they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinances, they have broken the everlasting covenant.”
― Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos

“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

“Yes, life can be challenging, with a few brilliant peaks, and many dark valleys. But that is why we are here. We are spiritual beings seeking human adventure. We certainly did not sign up to come into this world for a perpetual snooze-fest!”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“Difficulty delivers durability.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“William kom in naken i vardagsrummet och hämtade ett glas. Jacob förstod vad han höll på med. William visste att Jacob hade svårt att stå emot hans vältränade kropp och seniga muskler. Det här var hans sätt att bli förlåten, att få Jacob att smälta och glömma dispyten. Det hade fungerat förr och det skulle säkert fungera igen”
― Håkan Lindgren, Att raka en zebra

“With any journey short, long easy or difficult they all have one thing in common. They all begin with one step.”
― Sotero M Lopez II

“Life is filled with many obstacles and remember they are begging you to go around them.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Life isn’t about obtaining some form of perfection, but it’s about enjoying each leg of the journey.”
― Asa Don Brown