Quotes about Strength in Hard Times

"If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes." - Corrie TenBoom

If I am quoting it in the right way, then Swami Vivekananda once said, "If there is no trouble in your life, then your life is not going in the right direction." What I can understand from this sentence is that in every phase of our life, we are tested. It is true when we say that if you have never felt the pinch of the thorns, you can never enjoy the softness of the petals. No matter how dark or long the night is, there's always a brighter day that lies ahead of you. All you need to do is to hold on to yourself, your hope and your courage, and swim through the cold ocean of hardship and trouble. And with this thought in mind, here are some lovely inspirational quotes about strength in hard times.

Famous Quotes About Strength in Hard Times

The quotes presented below have been quoted by some famous public figures of the world. However, it is not their famous persona that has made their quotes famous, but the meaning that they have tried to put forth. You would also come across a few quotes which have been put by some unknown but thoughtful minds.

If you can imagine it, you can create it. If you dream it, you can become it. - William Arthur Ward

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu

I knew that I had come face to face with someone whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself. - Oscar Wilde

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. - St. Clement of Alexandra

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin? To say that you are weak, or others are weak. - Swami Vivekananda

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. - Swami Vivekananda

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And Today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. - Babatunde Olatunji

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. - Buddha

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. - Martin Luther King Jr.

If you want to be happy, be. - Leo Tolstoy

Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong - sometimes it's letting go. - Anonymous

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. - Anonymous

Famous Quotes About Hope in Hard Times

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas Alva Edison

Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon. - Anonymous

Everything is okay in the end, if it's not ok, then it's not the end. - Anonymous

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. - Albert Einstein

When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. - Charles L. Allen

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. - Swami Vivekananda

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time." - Anonymous

The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope. - William Shakespeare

You may like to go through this Buzzle article on inspirational quotes for difficult times. And with that, I hope that reading all these quotes about strength in hard times, help you through your agony and difficult time. To leave you with one of my thoughts...

"To breathe is a hope that we would live for one more second. To pray is a hope that He will watch us for some more time. And to live is a hope that we will keep the lamp of hope kindled."