Coping with Challenges Quotes

Whatever may happen, every kind of fortune is to be overcome by bearing it.

Everything that's difficult you should be able to laugh about.

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.

A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.

A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless, than one that always verges on despair.

There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.

When we talk about adversity, this is the moment when character really gets tested. When things aren't going the way you want and you can't see anyway that they're going to go the way you want. That's kind of when those old virtues really become valuable and vulnerable also.

We had to forgive to survive the labyrinth

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

My father left me with a saying that I've carried my entire life and tried to pass on to our kids: 'Tough times don't last, tough people do,'

You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.

I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.

Why does life keep teaching me lessons I have no desire to learn?

Yes it's difficult. Yes it's horrible. Yes it's the worst thing that has ever happen in my whole life. But I just can't give up.

what matters most is how well you walk through the fire

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.

No storm can last forever. It will never rain 365 days consecutively. Keep in mind that trouble comes to pass, not to stay. Don't worry! No storm, not even the one in your life, can last forever.

Say a prayer for the lost generation, who spin the wheel out of desperation.

Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.

When you are face to face with a difficulty, you are up against a discovery.

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that.