Tough Times Quotes

Bad things happen to everyone. No one by their behavior can store up any immunity from disaster or tragedy. All any of us can control is how we respond when tough times come. This does not diminish God or his sovereignty in my mind. ~ Janice Cantore

I am not a big crier. But I'd say it was after the Mendes fight. It was not because of the fight as such. It was everything leading up to it. It had been such a tough time. When I did my knee, I had some very dark times. Life is all about ups and downs and I'd say there had been a lot of downs, but I got through it, I won and after the fight, I was standing in the shower and I was crying, just letting it all go. ~ Conor McGregor

There will be beautiful times and tough times, as such is life, but if your heart is in it, then it is worth it all the way. ~ Irena A. Hoffman

Love. It bloomed in small moments like this, making all the good times that much better, all the tough times worth working through. What I felt for this man took my breath away. ~ Meredith Wild

The only way to cry your eyes out and laugh your ass off at the same time is to have your mom or girlfriends present. Without them, the laughing part wouldn't be nearly as fun. ~ Shannon L. Alder

Senator Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But my friends, eloquence is no substitute for a record - not in these tough times for America. In the Senate he has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party. ~ Joe Lieberman

Tough times never lasts, But tough people do ~ Dr Bhawna Sokta

When you are in the 8 o'clock position, you can either be a cultural phenomenon, or you're endangered. It's a tough time slot. ~ Dan Harmon

If tough times seem to keep you down you might as well rest in peace."

Will Robins ~ Will Robinson

The world was a tough and unfair place, but even the most hardened soul likes to chew on fruit. ~ Paul Adam Levy

I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working, my friends were all adults. I had a tough time going to different schools because people knew me from films and I was the fat child who got beaten up every day. ~ Drew Barrymore

Do not worry, my sweet one. You have it within you to get yourself where you need to be. ~ Karen Salmansohn

You have to get knocked down to realize how people really feel about you. I've realized that more than ever lately. The other day, I was on my way to the car. It was hailing, the streets were slippery and I was having a tough time of it. I came to a corner and started to slip. But before I could fall, four people jumped out of nowhere to help me. When I thanked them, they all said they knew about my illness and had been keeping an eye on me. ~ Lou Gehrig

Love is ... what makes a weak man brave and a king step off his throne. Good times, bad times, easy times, tough times, it comes in an instant and lasts three days after forever. That's what love is. ~ Mike Oldfield

A lot of the pain you are dealing with right now is really just your thoughts. ~ Karen Salmansohn

We've gotten through a lot of tough times, and we're going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better. ~ Mike Quade

Whatever you are going through- don't give up. It has been my experience that the biggest breakthroughs are usually preceded by the darkest times. If you quit- you will never know whats on the other side of the coin. But if you have the tenacity and fortitude to endure, you will eventually overcome. Remember, even tough times dont last forever. Eventually something has to give ; it will either be you or the obstacle. Choose to persist and eventually the obstacle will start to crack. However, during these difficult times, never miss reading for 15 minutes a day. Thats where your strength will come from. As evangelist Joel Osteen says "The darkest hour is just before dawn ~ Andy Holligan

That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through a tough time. ~ Johan Santana

I'm an optimist.
I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past.
And I also believe I have a role in that.
The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change.
I can do better.
If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the future is better than the past, those few things get you through a lot of tough times. ~ Jeffrey R. Immelt

You may be in a tough time but that setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback. ~ Joel Osteen

The truth is, I can choose to view tough times as growing times, I can choose to see aging as seasoning and I can choose to focus on whatever good there is to be found in living. I choose. After all, it's my point of view. ~ Steve Goodier

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it's been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I'd just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times. ~ Elon Musk

There are no tough times, hard knocks, or challenges that aren't laden with emeralds, rubies, and diamonds for those who see them through. ~ Mike Dooley

When our forefathers put down roots in desolate places, the thing that allowed them to survive was that they had a faith to see them through the tough times. ~ Lee Greenwood

These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead. ~ Harold Ford, Jr.

If you are having a tough time today, push past those boundaries, because by challenging your fears
today will become the strength you feel tomorrow ... DO WHAT YOU FEAR, DON'T FEAR WHAT YOU DO. ~ Hrithik Roshan

Genuine confidence is a way of thinking about yourself and your abilities. Confidence is your perception of your own potential; it's a kind of long-term thinking that powers you through the obstacles and tough times, helping you solve problems and putting you in the way of success. Your confidence is quite a separate matter from your social skills. ~ John Eliot

My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I'm in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise. ~ David Harewood

Who you truly are as a person is best revealed by who you are during times of conflict and crisis. ~ Karen Salmansohn

Please remember the hundreds of tiny empty stomachs in our communities. Winter is a tough time for birds and other small creatures as food can become buried beneath snow or frozen ground. Scatter seeds in your yard, nearby parks. ~ Alex Pacheco

All runners are tough. Everyone has to have a little fire in them, that even in tough times, can't be turned off. ~ Shalane Flanagan

When you can share the lessons you learnt through tears and heartache and others find life in it and are better off for it, then beauty has come out of those ashes. ~ TemitOpe Ibrahim

When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow. ~ Vera Nazarian

Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your future. ~ Richard Branson

To hear people saying, 'The music you are doing has really touched my life and it's moved me in a lot of ways. It's helped me get through some tough times.' That's the best compliment that you could get. ~ Kip Moore

Don't let the situation say stop to your true purpose;say stop to the situation. Situations are situations and you are you ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid. ~ Andrew Garfield

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint. ~ Zig Ziglar

You have to love what you do. Without passion, great success is hard to come by. An entrepreneur will have tough times if he or she isn't passionate about what they're doing. People who love what they're doing don't give up. It's never even a consideration. It's a pretty simple formula. ~ Donald Trump

Face life's challenges head-on.
Make peace with your body.
Take responsibility for your heart.
Build a meaningful career.
Learn how to handle the tough times.
Face your anxieties.
Take ownership of your finances.
Master the use of your time.
Practice dynamic communication.
Find the right level of flexibility.

In short, own up. ~ Stacy Kaiser

The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times. ~ John Baldoni

That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story. ~ Aaron Sorkin

You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times. ~ Tilman J. Fertitta

The gifts we treasure most over the years are often small and simple. In easy times and tough times, what seems to matter most is the way we show those nearest us that we've been listening to their needs, to their joys, and to their challenges. ~ Fred Rogers

My goal is to leave the producer with so many good takes, that he or she has a tough time deciding on the best one. ~ Rob Paulsen

President Obama is going to have to run against himself. In tough times, nobody can defeat himself. ~ William J. Clinton

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better. ~ Lucy Powell

If you haven't been journaling through this, now is a good time to start. One day, you and people who love and loved you and people who will never know you may want to look back to understand how you survived. ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

I don't think I changed a lot although I learned a lot. Adversity can be a wonderful teacher. Some people can't handle the pressure of it. For me it was a great thing. I learned about myself going through tough times. I guess I learned well. ~ Donald Trump

I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him. ~ Nelson Mandela

Tough times make tough people. ~ Benny Binion

we may want to isolate ourselves in tough times but what we actually need is comfort through community and thinking outwards. ~ Miranda Hart

No one escapes suffering. Everyone goes through tough times. Suffering is a part of our human condition and cannot be avoided. Setbacks, failures, pain, suffering, and hardships are all a part of life, but whether we are able to find peace within the storm depends on our resilience and perseverance. Whenever one of our children tells us that they don't want to fail at something, we remind them that there will be times in their life when they will fail, but it's how they come through it that matters. If we choose to focus on the negative, the failure itself, the darkness will oppress and consume us. Eventually it will destroy a person. We need to embrace the fact that we're human and our lives will be filled with suffering and hardship, but we have the ultimate hope and victory in Our Lord. ~ Karen Santorum

Keep doing the right things in life. Keep your faith and joy during tough times. Difficulty means you are being prepared for takeoff on the runways of life ahead of you! ~ Timothy Pina

Courage is not something that you already have that makes you brave when the tough times start. Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all. ~ Malcolm Gladwell

I care about politics, but I have a tough time making comedy out of it. I was so happy to have a chance to be on The Daily Show, and I think Jon Stewart's so funny ... but mostly in my own comedy, I care about less relevant things. ~ Demetri Martin

I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them. ~ Ricky Schroder

When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it. ~ Joan Marques

So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn't true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na`im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail. We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols of the heart. ~ Yasmin Mogahed

It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last - tough people do. ~ James Robertson

That's what perseverance is. You go through some tough times and you fight through it. And now, it's over. It's over. ~ Trot Nixon

I was more statistical than that, a daddy's
girl who expected to marry a man that was tall and strong, smart and put together, someone who could carry me though life one handed
while solving every problem tossed in our path. I wanted a hero to help me through the tough times, so I never bothered exploring whether I could be a hero myself. ~ Lily White

I want you to remember that in life you will encounter some very tough times, but you can find your strength in God. If there is something missing in your life, seek the Lord. If you once had Him in your life and now He seems far away, guess who moved? He is still there; just go to Him. He loves you with an everlasting love, and through obedience to Him all commitments will endure. ~ Krickett Carpenter

I do think that people who are now in their sixties and their seventies are living a different kind of life than their grandparents led, even in these tough times. A lot of them are more active, a lot of them are still working, which was not the case when our grandparents were in their sixties. ~ Anna Quindlen

In tough times, some of us see protecting the climate as a luxury, but that's an outdated 20th-century worldview from a time when we thought industrialization was the end goal, waste was growth, and wealth meant a thick haze of air pollution. ~ Alex Steffen

I told my parents she's a low-income student from inner-city Philadelphia who's going through some tough times at home right now, and I'm doing this as an outreach program through Rosewood Day. Amazingly, they bought it. ~ Sara Shepard

My spirituality is more private. I've got my own personal relationship with god. I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game. With all the rumors and all the hate, I'm still strong, still happy, still blessed. ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it. ~ Kristi Yamaguchi

Life is full of tough times and hard decisions. But as long as you choose to do the right thing, you'll be OK. ~ Chelsea Sedoti

I'm a good man with a good heart
had a tough time, got a rough start
But I finally learned to let it go. ~ John Mayer

I had some tough times ... i did some bad shit ... but i'm still the same girl i used to be ~ Britney Spears

But only 'rich' people by definition have the 'extra' money to buy things and invest to create economic growth. Do we really want to tax that 'extra' money away - and give it to the government to spend? Does that make any economic sense outside of politics and our emotional desire to make everyone suffer equally through these tough times? ~ Terry Savage

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results. ~ Carly Fiorina

I'm looking at [my daughter] right now. To think that I am her dad is the greatest honor in the world. She's an amazing kid. We have a great relationship and she is one of my closest friends. I seek her advice. I like to know what she thinks about things, and she's helped me through some really tough times. I just look forward to years of developing that relationship. ~ Harry Connick, Jr.

All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach me ~ Karen Salmansohn

In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain. ~ Theresa May

I think the rule should be that if we're going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that. ~ John O. Brennan

I have met hundreds of young people doing just what George Romney did: using a hand up in tough times to become part of the American Dream. ~ R. T. Rybak

People in tough times - it doesn't mean they don't have a great attitude. ~ Joel Osteen

In heaven we shall see that we had not one trial too many. ~ Charles Spurgeon

If you're married you'll have tough times. ~ Jeff Bridges

Music had been his undoing, he told the boy in ironic self-deprecation. His bane and his salvation. It had gotten him through tough times that would have otherwise been unbearable and it had made everything else he had gone at twice as hard. ~ William Gay

I don't know what's waiting for me around the corner and I don't know what else I'm going to be doing in the future - but you've got to enjoy things while you're doing them. There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it. ~ Miley Cyrus

Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night. ~ Andy Andrews

It's that knowledge that sustains you through tough times, the certainty that you will always be less without each other than you are together. ~ Colette McBeth

Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams. ~ Paulo Coelho

I've had so many [life lessons], but the more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become. I truly believe anything is possible if you fully manifest it. I've been to the top and I believe I've been to the bottom as well. Respecting yourself is key - physically and mentally. It's OK to take care of yourself. ~ Matt Sorum

There may be no light at the end of the tunnel, but there's certainly enough air, enough oxygen for you to keep going. And you must keep going, because that is your duty. ~ Mani Ashwin

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together. ~ Rita Dove

The elegant and beautiful Lotus flower must toil through the mud and mire of murky swamps and shadowy waters of darkness before it can finally bloom. Above the fray of struggle yet firmly rooted in rugged beginnings, it ultimately lies pristinely above the water, basking in the sun of triumph. So no matter what you've endured or where you come from...you are no different and no less beautiful. There is simply no greater beauty than when a flower blossoms despite its tough and humble beginnings. ~Jason Versey ~ Jason Versey

I've been through tough times but I did not allow myself to stop from there. ~ Kcat Yarza

Paul says that as Christians we can rejoice even in tough times because we have hope and because we know that God is working in our lives. ~ Rick Warren

Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith ~ Yasmin Mogahed

It's not only the event itself, but the way we explain it to ourselves that causes depression. ~ Karen Salmansohn

You never know how the tough times you are going through today will inspire someone else tomorrow. ~ Tim Tebow

The tough times start," he said, "the day the last casserole dish is returned. ~ Michael Perry

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted. ~ Brie Larson

What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside. ~ Iyanla Vanzant

Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, package it, shelve it, process it, ship it. All of those are jobs. It's the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times. ~ Tom Vilsack

To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter. ~ Pink