Challenging Times Quotes

“When we reframe or reinterpret our difficulties, we can transform resignation into a source of personal empowerment. In our ongoing struggle for self-overcoming, we must harness our inner strength and creativity and assert our will in the face of challenging times. ("Check, and mate")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“It's not pretty and perfect I am feeling today. Not in the mood for soft and contained. Not light or well-behaved or sugary sweet. No. I'm not willing to round off my sharp edges or make safe the danger zones. Not for you. Not for anyone, really. There's no room in me for gentle today. It's explore at your own risk, full on howl time. Oh, I can make nice. And I do. You'll only get past the surface if I deem you worthy. But my inner landscape? It's pure wilderness, darling, and the wolves are running. The moon went dark last night, loves, and something crashed and spiraled so something else could rise. It's time for music that courts the shadows and for dancing that sheds skin. Creation is calling and my muse, she likes it rough. Are you with me? Good. Now we can begin...”
― Jeanette LeBlanc

“Keep calm when things don’t go according to your expectations! Beautiful things always meet friction!”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“Sometimes you learn, grow and give far more when your back's against the wall.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“It is your life, enthusiastically accept the challenge.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“Life’s challenges are inevitable. We have to prepare mentally by renewing our mind with inspiration daily to be able to cope when the situation arise.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

“It's like raking leaves in the wind.”
― Charlie Raymond

“Don’t kill yourself when your scorching sun intensifies; the very hot sun is a very good recipe for a heavy rainfall.”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“We think we live in difficult uncertain times. We think we have worries. We think our leaders face difficult decisions. But so it has nearly always been.”
― David McCullough, The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For

“One gets away with a lot when one is in an unchallenging relationship or is too busy to invest in one at all. Mostly, one gets away from oneself.”
― Donna Goddard, Circles of Separation

“When we pray, we are often expressing gratitude, acknowledging our blessings, and praying for support and insight in challenging times. When we meditate, we are listening intentionally to the exchange between the Holy Spirit and ourselves, and we often watch as our thoughts battle with the greater truth of the Spirit.”
― Benjamin W. Decker, Meditations on Christ: A 5-Minute Guided Journal for Christians