Hardship – Quotes

Do you think a

Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength. Gail Tsukiyama

I love mixing humor and terror, or humor and exhaustion, or even humor and despair. I’m dealing right now with a loved one with cancer, and she’s of course sad, but also telling the most disturbingly morbid jokes and puns. I love that, there’s so much humanity in being able to mock fate and hardship. … Read more

I wrote the book

I wrote the book ‘Grace, Gold & Glory’ because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my story to let anyone facing hardships know that your dream is still possible. Gabby Douglas

… the understatement, the

… the understatement, the self-ridicule, the delight in the foreignness of foreigners, the complete denial of any attempt to enlist the sympathies of his readers in the hardships he has capriciously invited. Evelyn Waugh

Winning the men’s confidence

Winning the men’s confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and-above all- apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water. Erwin Rommel

There’s a thrill in

There’s a thrill in the midst of the hardship in knowing that I’m making the invisible real. And I’m doing what I want. Errollyn Wallen

All travellers who had

All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death. Ernest Thompson Seton

Victory over all the

Victory over all the circumstances of life comes not by might, nor by power, but by a practical confidence in God and by allowing His Spirit to dwell in our hearts and control our actions and emotions. Learn in the days of ease and comfort, to think in terms of the prayer that follows, so … Read more

It is difficult to

It is difficult to look at any newborn baby and accept that he or she will necessarily encounter pain, challenges, disappointments, and hardships in life. Yet even the Savior needed to go forth, suffering pains and afflictions . . . of every kind (Alma 7:11), the only difference being that Jesus, though tempted, did not … Read more

Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust

Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man’s Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways: thought their work, though their relationships, and by how they choose to meet unavoidable suffering. Every life brings hardship and trial, and every life also offers deep possibilities for meaningful work and love… … Read more