Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

I have a great amount of respect for life, and I always think that no matter how bad situations get, you can always make something out of it.

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.

You live your life day by day and find ways to get through it. You grow up through things that are challenging and you find the joy. You realize there are so many people that have it much worse and remind yourself. I have been very blessed.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

It's a long old road, but I know I'm gonna find the end.

I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.

I am very fortunate. I am a glass-half-full eternal optimist type to the point of being a moron. But I would never presume to know how hard it goes for others. How, for some people, just getting though the day is an incredible effort that can hardly be borne.

I always tell people, 'It'll get greater later' meaning that sometimes we have to pass through whatever it is. We know that we can get through it because others have.

Instead of letting the hard times get me down, I've learned to keep going at to look for the hidden good.

Most people cherish their very existence and try their best to live a life worth living. In spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in our way, we somehow hope against hope and find a way to be as life-affirming as humanly possible! How? Love!

No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.

There's always gonna be setbacks; there's always gonna be knockdowns. There's always gonna be people telling you, 'Hey, you suck!'

I still wake up every day, so I'm winning.