Joseph Hall Quotes

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

As bad as your situation may be, someone else always has it worse than you.

These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and misfortunes ; and this part also I cannot but recommend to the reflection of those who are apt, in their misery, to say, Is any affliction like mine? Let them consider how much worse the cases of some people are, and their case might have been, if Providence had thought fit.

It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have been withheld from me...if much has been denied me, much, very much, has been given me.

I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

We're all human beings, and we all have the same problems. I do remember how blessed I am, and no matter how bad things are, they can always get worse.

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.

If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.

No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.

Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it.

Every burden is a blessing.

A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

There are a lot of ups and downs. But there are always people who have it worse.

A lot of people have it tougher than I do.

You only recognize how good something is if you've been through the bad.

Life's greatest comfort is being able to look over your shoulder and see people worse off, waiting in line behind you.

There is always someone worse off than yourself.

We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.

I had no shoes and I pitied myself. Then I met a man who had no feet, so I took his shoes.

When ill luck besets us, to ease the tension we have only to remember that happiness is relative. The next time you are tempted to grumble about what has happened to you, why not pause and be glad that it is no worse than it is.

You gotta remember I was homeless. Whenever I think I have something to complain about. I go outside, walk across the street and look at my home, and remind myself of the time I was living on the damn lakefront in a car full of garbage bags with clothes, and ask myself, "What do you possibly have to be upset about?" I have nothing to complain about.

I once cried because I had no shoes to play soccer, but one day, I met a man who had no feet.

No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.