Bryce Courtenay Quotes

Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nor does it ever last as long as you think.

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

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.

This, too, will pass.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring.

My grandmother always would say, "This, too, shall pass." It is always true.

Waiting is one of life’s hardships.

What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

As long as one can suffer, one is living....live and suffer until life is gone.

Endure and save yourselves for happier times.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.