#adversity

It's only as bad as you make it. ↗

— Benjamin J. Carey

#inspirational #life #strength #inspirational

The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be. ↗

— Horace Bushnell

#inspirational #inspirational

My voice was a bare rasp of fear. "In the weaving room, the women say it's never been this bad before..." "They always say that when things get difficult," she answered softly. Then she sat up suddenly as though coming fully awake. Reaching down, she took my chin in her hand and tipped my face to look up at hers. "Remember, Gwen, no matter who says what, the important thing is to understand what needs to be done, and then do it. No matter how hard it is, or how much pain you feel. It's as simple as that, really. Once you know what you have to do, you just do it. ↗

— Persia Woolley

#hard-times #inspirational #mother-daughter #inspirational

We face up to awful things because we can't go around them, or forget them. The sooner you say 'Yes, it happened, and there's nothing I can do about it,' the sooner you can get on with your own life. You've got children to bring up. So you've got to get over it. What we have to get over, somehow we do. Even the worst things. ↗

— Annie Proulx

#hard-times #life

But we believe – nay, Lord we only hope, That one day we shall thank thee perfectly For pain and hope and all that led or drove Us back into the bosom of thy love. ↗

— George MacDonald

#hope #pain #life

When you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week or a month from now -- just think about one day at a time. If you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you. Win the day! ↗

— Drew Brees

#adversity

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#comforts #fears #hopes #many #prosperity

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#adversity #against #blows #good #good actions

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. ↗

— Andrea Arnold

#best #calmer #flying #fur #get

Initially, I know that I handled it worse than she did and I think partly because I've always been... every bit of adversity I've faced up until the last year and a half is adversity I brought upon myself - or the opposing teams have given me. ↗

— Brett Favre

#always #because #been #bit #brought