#hardship

Nevertheless, no matter how much they killed themselves with work, no matter how much money they eked out, and no matter how many schemes they thought of, their guardian angels were asleep with fatigue while they put in coins and took them out trying to get just enough to live with. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#hardship #money

I turned to him and he reached for my hand. It would have been easier to walk away. But the wind still blew around us and the house still stood. ↗

— Kate Chisman

#creepy #fear #fearful #ghost #ghosts

The sun rises in the east every morning and falls in the west, Ayden. Darknesses are awaken and fate is tested, destinies are foreseen. Thy soul the only enemy, a hero is born. A new light rises once again... ↗

— Nadège Richards

#faith #fight #hardships #love #war

Hardship makes the world obscure. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#makes #obscure #world

Even during the worst hardships, when the other things in our lives seem to fall apart, we can still find peace in the eternal love of God. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#during #eternal #eternal love #even #fall

It's a hard life if you don't weaken. ↗

— Stephen King

#hard-life #hardships #life #life-lessons #steadfastness

Poverty is relative, and the lack of food and of the necessities of life is not necessarily a hardship. Spiritual and social ostracism, the invasion of your privacy, are what constitute the pain of poverty. ↗

— Alice Foote MacDougall

#food #hardship #invasion #lack #life

Closing your eyes won't make the awfulness go away. It may be that nothing will. But dwelling on it, dreading the evil, playing out the misery in your head - doesn't this feed the monster? You can't close your eyes to life, but you can choose where your gaze lingers. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#challenges #hardships #life #perspective #richelle

Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day. (You can't overdose.) —Pray; discuss your troubles with God. —List your blessings. (The blue sky, soft cookies, warm socks, etc.) —Call your mom. —Visit an animal shelter and hug a lonely cat. —Visit a nursing home and hug a lonely grandparent. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hardships #perspective #positive-attitude #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. ↗

— Langston Hughes

#hardship #pain #perseverance #death