Saturday, May 9, 2009

Hang in There Phrases

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. ~Author Unknown
Hang in There Phrases

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. ~Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Satires


There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ~Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, 1820

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Hang in There Quotations

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ~John Vance Cheney
Hang in There Quotations

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. ~Edwin Markham


Adversity is the first path to truth. ~Lord Byron


The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. ~Author Unknown

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Hang in There Words

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ~Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
Hang in There Words

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom


I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. ~Agatha Christie

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Hang in There Sayings

We acquire the strength we have overcome. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hang in There Sayings

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. ~Garrison Keillor


I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb


We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. ~Kenji Miyazawa

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Hang in There Quotes

If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill
Hang in There Quotes

A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn. ~Author Unknown


The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. ~William Shakespeare, Othello


I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa

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