Inspirational Quotes : Tough Life
1

Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.

Lance Armstrong, an American cyclist who was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. After treatment, he went back on the bike to win the prestigious Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005.

Attitude Procrastination Tough Life
2

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.

Art Buchwald

Advice Time Tough Life
3

The heights by great men reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.

from the poem: The Ladder of St. Augustine, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Success Tough Life Work
4

When the world pushes you to your knees,
you are in a perfect position to pray.

A religious quote (thanks Diane!)

Hope Tough Life User Submission
5

Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional.

Tim Hansel

Failures Tough Life
6

When you lose, do not lose the lesson

Dalai Lama

Advice Losing Tough Life
7

Nature, when she adds difficulties, adds brains.

Emerson

Tough Life
8

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body

Seneca

Failures Tough Life
9

Aromatic plants bestow
No spicy fragrance where they grow;
But crushed and trodden to the ground,
Diffuse their balmy sweets around

Goldsmith

Tough Life
10

There is healing in the bitter cup.

Southey

Optimism Tough Life
11

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

Menander

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