Sam Cooke 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 bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

The only thing I pray for is the strength to go out without complaining.

Lifes strange ,times change, but karma always finds the way. Stay strong, hold on. Don’t let all your dreams fade away. Yeah life can beat you down, what goes it comes around It’s not how you hit the ground, it’s how fast you get back up. And go, keep going ,till it feels like I’m giving my life away Gets hard,and harder, happiness is worth the wait.

Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.

No matter how difficult life becomes, there is always hope.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

I've always believed in survival.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

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.

Imagine if you grew up in a place and the team was bad for a long time and there's almost like a pride in being able to stay here and stick it out, knowing that you're going to get to where you promised yourself and you've been promised at some point.

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

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.

To Thetis, Long overdue, I know, but every often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. That is a human truth, I think. Even Peleus knew that. -Seth

We are powerful because we have survived

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

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

I hope that people take away hope, maybe not in an obvious sense, but in the form of hearing somebody who's genuinely fighting to stay above water. And in that fight, there's hope. In that fight, maybe there's positivity.