Henry Allingham Quotes

I had periods when I was out of work, and I still do - I just don't worry about them as much any more.

I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry.

Everyone worries about their kids, of course, but you can drive yourself nuts thinking about all the horrible things in the world - and many, many people do. I believe life is to be lived and not survived.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.

'This will pass and it always does.' I consistently have to keep telling myself that because being an entrepreneur means that you go to those dark places a lot, and sometimes they're real. You're wondering if you can you make payroll. There is a deadline, and you haven't slept in a while. It's real.

I'm grateful I know what it's like to be unemployed for long periods of time.

I definitely have had my down times and also have had my times of being very, very unemployed.

I come from a poor background, I've seen struggle. Money will come and go, but I will continue to be grounded.

Being out of work is very depressing. But luckily I haven't been there for a long time.

You try to stay as even-keel as possible; obviously, it's always more difficult when you're going through a tough season.

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

Although sometimes I know it seems impossible, there ain't no need in drowning in your sorrow. If things are as bad as they can be, you can be sure there'll be a brighter tomorrow.

Short on money, long on hope

Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days ahead.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

The only advice you can give is, 'Don't let the bad stuff keep you down.'

I grew up a skinny kid with a funny last name and coke bottle glasses, so I experienced my fair share of bullies. But I learned, with the help of humor and resilience, to never give up.

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some adversity - we're all living some form of Option B.

I am well. Do not worry about my health.

One day you are up, the next down, and I have to remain calm, work, help, and learn; that is the most important.

I've always been the person to look at any turmoil as temporary. I recall times where my mom was working five and six jobs, and there's still no food in the house.

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose, and she taught us how to be valiant in the face of oppression.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.

Stress and worry, they solve nothing. What they do is block creativity. You are not even able to think about the solutions. Every problem has a solution.