Natsuki Takaya Quotes

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

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food--it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.

I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.

It's the hope for all the hopeless in the worst of trying times.

Affliction may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down, sorrow!.

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.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

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.

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

Everyone has a dark cloud hovering over them at some point, but then there is sunshine.

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

He was never without misery, and never without hope.

Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207

Joy came always after pain.

Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.

As individuals, we know that suffering is temporary, and hope is eternal.

If you can make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.

I do not believe this darkness will endure.

It is amazing how much we can endure when we are convinced there is a purpose to our struggle.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

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

Even in the most wretched life, there’s hope.