Encouragement for Hard Times

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
- Vivian Greene

Life may not be the party we hoped for
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous

When one door of happiness closes, another opens,
but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
- Helen Keller

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Further reading: Coping with the Impossible

How to Cope With Life

Overcome Being Negative

Encouraging Quotes

Quotes about Hard Times

You Can Do It Quotes

Quotes about Strong Women

Words of Wisdom

Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step - large and small - with courage and intent - jlh

Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step - large and small - with courage and intent.
- jonathan lockwood huie

Having set a direction, begin - begin today. Take action - take action every day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every wall is a door

Every wall is a door.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mahatma Gandhi: Nobody can hurt me without my permission

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Helen Keller: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
– Helen Keller

Why live? Adding one to my count of days, or postponing a feared death by another day do not inspire me. I live to experience something new each day - to learn something new, meet a new friend, bring joy into someone's life, feel the wind newly on my skin, touch a new fear, a new anger, and with focused intent and good fortune, find an ample measure of my own joy.

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Helen Keller (1880-1968) overcame being both deaf and blind to become a famous author, lecturer, and activist for women's suffrage, workers' rights, and ending war. The story of how she broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language has become known worldwide through the play and film The Miracle Worker.

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning - jlh

Another Sunrise, Another New Beginning
- jonathan lockwood huie

Yesterday is dead. Tomorrow is a dream. Today - each today - is where the action is - where all of life occurs. Today IS your life - your only life. Life today to the fullest.

Rabindranath Tagore: Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore