Alexander Pushkin Quotes

When you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come

The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get, no matter what kind of twists and turns our lives can take, we can keep going, we can create something new.

How do I wake up to joy and grace and beauty and all that is the fullest life when I must stay numb to losses and crushed dreams and all that empties me out?

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”

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.

Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.

Joy came always after pain.

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not spent amiss.

the heaviest anguish often precedes a return tide of joy and courage.

No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.

Be patient. Like storms, the challenges will pass. Know too, that like the sun, your true soul self is constantly radiating.

No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.

"Ah, Miss, hope is an excellent thing for such as has the spirits to bear it!" said Mrs Wickam, shaking her head. "My own spirits is not equal to it, but I don't owe it any grudge. I envys them that is so blest!"

Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.

Captain Cuttle, like all mankind, little knew how much hope had survived within him under discouragement, until he felt its death-shock.