Ronald Reagan Quotes

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

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

The human race survived the Inquisition. We can survive. It's like the Anne Frank quote: 'In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.' Given what happened to her, it's one of the miracles of the world that she said that.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

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

How many fears came between us? Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hell rained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death. Horror tore this world asunder. While inside the bleeding smoke and beyond the shredded weeping flesh we memorized tales of infinite good. -from The History Lesson

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

With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.

At the bottom of the heart of every human being, from earliest infancy until the tomb, there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered, and witnessed, that good and not evil will be done

Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

Beare with evill, and expect good.

Do you know what the world will be saved by? I'll tell you. It'll be saved by the human spirit. And by the human spirit, I don't mean anything divine, I don't mean anything supernatural - certainly not coming from this skeptic.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

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.

Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love, connection and hope.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.