Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

That year, the year after being in Motley Crue, was very difficult. But I learned, and I coped with it. And life is good still.

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours.

The only thing that I know is that, growing up, I came across stumbling blocks, and I always said to myself, 'If I ever get into a position to do something about this, I would like to, so that somebody does not deal with what I went through.'

I have endured pain and suffering in my life, things haven't always been easy, I have suffered. And now I can help people in their lives.

Everybody's gone through some kind of struggle in their life, and I'd like to be the type of voice who talks about it.

I think the toughest phase of life is over, and I don't wish it on anyone. My family has gone through a lot, and I don't want to dwell on the past.

My dad would tell me to, 'Play for those who couldn't play.' So my motivation is for people who struggle in life daily.

When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind.

It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall, sit in the dirt, are helped to our feet, keep moving, feel like idiots, lose our balance, gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going.

As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger. Then you will be better able to help others -those who are working, in their turn, to find a safe harbor from the storms that rage about them.

Life is challenging. I wish I could tell you that you’ll always be on top of the mountain, but the reality is that there are days when nothing will go right, when not only will you not be on top, you may not even be able to figure out which way is up. Do yourself a favor, and don’t make it any harder than it has to be. In those moments, be careful how you speak to yourself; be careful how you think of yourself; be careful how you conduct yourself; be careful how you develop yourself.

That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.

We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

Self-care is the number one solution to helping somebody else. If you are being good to yourself and your body and your psyche, that that serves other people better because you will grow strong enough to life someone else up.

People say I've had a difficult time in life. I think I've had an exciting time in life.

You know, I've had my ups and downs.

How you recover from what life's throwing at you is what matters.

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

When you're no longer ill, and everyone's gotten over the fact that you've had cancer, that core of steel doesn't go away, and then I had to find other channels for it.

You have perspective when little people come into your life. You take the best things you have and let them overshadow your disappointment.

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

I think I'm in the best place I've ever been in so many ways. I've just come out of five years of very difficult times for numerous reasons and yet at the same time it's lead to such growth. It's very exciting that way.

The truth is, everybody falls into an incinerator of some measure or other. Not literally one. The question is what are you going to do with those bad times? Are you just going to let them gnaw at you?