Anna Seward Quotes

We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness.

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.

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

This is a beautiful life we lead in spite of whatever things come against us or whatever team loses or wins.

You can hit the lowest low and face the darkest dark, but you can always get back up and get in the light. All of this is what actually makes life worth living.

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.

I like to think of hope as a fact and something that wins out always. Whether you're hopeful or not, actually, you do get through what you're in the middle of. When you're in it, you don't feel like that's possible. But time and time again, we're proven wrong.

I might have had a tough break; but I have an awful lot to live for.

If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.

I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

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.

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

People say I've had a difficult time in life. I think I've had an exciting time in life.

You can lay in bed and think you don't stand a chance, that's what all of us thought, and here we are. We ended up doing all right.

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through.

Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.

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

No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.