Leo Tolstoy Quotes

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

Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

I've become a pretty tough cookie after having a divorce. I think that I've persevered through a lot of talk.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.

We've all lived through something horrific, but the strength and beauty and knowledge that we're going to win eventually is what keeps me going.

We can live tough lives, but the human spirit is stronger, seemingly, than anything. There is redemption, hope, and love. All different forms of heartbreak, but beyond all that there is hope, there is love. There is beauty and bliss.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

Even on the darkest night, my friend, life will have its way.

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

We are powerful because we have survived

If it makes you feel any better, this isn't my first apocalypse. There is hope.

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

Laughter, like love, has power to survive the worst things life has to offer. And to do it with style.

This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.

We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.

Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all... As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.

Hope survives best at the hearth.