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You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.
Sep 12, 2025
In life, nothing happens to you. It happens for you.
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.
When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.
Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.
Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible
When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.
We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
It is the business of little minds to shrink.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some from behind.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
An Airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible.
If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.