
I myself came here for words of encouragement so I understand what it means to need encouragement. Life is hard, there’s no getting around it. You may not see this but I send it to you anyway believing your heart & spirit will feel it. It’s been 3 years since you asked for encouragement Hilma. “Through all the heartaches and the tears, through gloomy days and fruitless years I do give thanks for now I know, these were the things that helped me grow.” – David Lockett “Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H.

“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A.

“However long the night, the dawn will break.” – African Proverb When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Mahatma Gandhi “One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.” – Friedrich Nietzsche “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.” – Rita Mero “I think that everything happens to you for a reason. “Life’s problems wouldn’t be called “hurdles” if there wasn’t a way to get over them.” – Unknown “Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey I can take the next thing that comes along.” – Eleanor Roosevelt You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Strong convictions precede great actions.” – J. “He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.” – Richard E. “Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. “I’ve been broken in bits and after a bit, I put myself back together… bit by bit.” – Unknown “You’ve got three choices in life: give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got.” – Unknown When I’m not feeling my best I ask myself, ‘What are you gonna do about it?’ I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.” – Beyonce Knowles I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. “Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” – Paulo Coelho Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save.” – Annie Besant “No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve There’s no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.” – Carly Patterson “Whoever you are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your heart. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino “Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway “The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!” – Anne Frank

“The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.” – Unknown It might be stormy now but the rain won’t last forever.” – Unknown Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
