Jessica Mathews Quotes

When I hear somebody say 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask 'Compared to what?'

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

I really wish this wasn't a thing. But this tumor is a thing. Even though it's not what I would have chosen for myself, that doesn't necessarily mean it has to be all bad. What I keep trying to remind myself is this is one of those things that looks like a really bad thing on the outside but I know too little about life to be sure.

No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nor does it ever last as long as you think.

There are a lot of ups and downs. But there are always people who have it worse.

I believe that no matter what you believe, you're going to go through hard times.

There's always someone that's dealing with a bigger challenge than you are. You've gotta have perspective.

Although sometimes it's very difficult, if you're willing to look hard enough, you can find positives in every situation.

In all troublous events we may find comfort, though it be only in the negative admission that things might have been worse.

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall

In actuality, no one ever sank so deep that he could not sink deeper, and there may be one or many who sank deeper. So it is always possible to be happy and grateful that things are not worse!

If you want to look for obstacles, what's wrong is always available. But so is what's right!

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

It's heartbreaking but we're trying to get over it. As disappointed as we were, I think that somehow you have to find a way to think that it happened for a reason.

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.