Ivan Turgenev Quotes

He was never without misery, and never without hope.

Hope is the poor man's bread.

Life is never easy for those who dream.

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

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.

Always dream. Never give up!

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

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 lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.

You need to put your head down and... try not to lose hope.

You know, 'people like us,' it involves... it's everybody who has struggled, you know what I'm saying? Everybody who has... who has had a difficult time getting to where they want to be, and now they can look at us as examples of, 'Hey, I can do this because they did it and I see it happening. Maybe I can do it, too.'

And then the dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.

A dream dirty and bruised is better than no dream at all.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light...

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.

Let's try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

Even a stunted tree reaches for sunlight.

I think one of the first things to go as people's lives start to go down is their dreams. Dreams should be the last thing to go - dreams are the things you go down with. If you're left clinging to a piece of driftwood in the middle of the ocean, I'd put on it the word dreams.

I think my life will always be worth living, though I don't imagine it being very easy.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

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.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.