Sigmund Freud Quotes

As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.

I always think about the difficulties I had to make sure I don't get too comfortable.

It's a hard life, but it's the only life we have. And sometimes-' he pointed to a bright flash of lightening, its jagged light stretching from the sky to the ground, '-it's still beautiful. Sometimes you find something that makes this all worth it. And when you do, you hang onto it for as long as you can.' He turned to me, shrugging one shoulder. 'That's the best you can do.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

Every year, I appreciate life more because of the deeper understanding of what it took to get this far.

I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen.

I do love the past but wouldn't want to live in it.

I've had a long, long road with lots of ups and downs. But that's all behind me now.

It is always nice to reflect on how one started.

In life, you have to go through something to get to something. From that, the inspiration comes having something of substance to talk about; otherwise you're just considered to be fluff.

When you go through something, like, you learn to appreciate little things - the birds, trees, flowers.

In a lot of ways life has come full circle for me, which I'm very grateful for.

My mother really struggled when we were young. She was on food stamps and welfare. Looking back, I know we didn't have a lot, but I never felt I was at a loss for anything.

I think about my mom and the things she went through, and things could always be a lot worse.

I believe it is only when one comes out of adversity, that one starts to see real beauty.

Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.

Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

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

To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain.

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.

We are not taught that hardship is the anvil upon which we are beaten into beauty. We are not taught that some of our greatest moments are some of our most difficult.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.

One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly grounds and see the wonderful sunset. Standing outside we saw sinister clouds glowing in the west and the whole sky alive with clouds of ever-changing shapes and colors, from steel blue to blood red. The desolate grey mud huts provided a sharp contrast, while the puddles on the muddy ground reflected the glowing sky. Then, after minutes of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, "How beautiful the world could be.