“I was afraid of the pain of dying and terribly reluctant to leave the world behind because I liked life a lot, even if it had been pretty tough sometimes.” IfsWorldSometimesPainDeathBehindsDyingToughReluctant Author:Alexander Dolgun
“Greater is he who suffers through the pain and comes through the other side improved. Greater is he who accepts discouragement and keeps forward momentum, never retreating. Greater is he who sees the light at the end of the tunnel and keeps their eye on the light. Greater is he who gets knocked off his feet and gets back up, dusts himself off and gets back in the fight. Life is tough, but you are stronger.” EndsLightMotivationalEyePainLife IsSufferingFightingSidesAcceptingGreaterFeetToughStrongerDustGet BackMomentumTunnelsDiscouragementLight At The End Of The TunnelEnd Of The TunnelLife Is ToughForward Momentum Author:Rich Barnes
“All true competitors in any field and walk of life take adversity and are strengthened from it. They develop a reputation of determination and toughness that wins more decisive moments in life than winning shots. Bobby Blair was one tough player. Playing him was like going into a phone booth with an angry bobcat. His massive talent was only surpassed by his courage to hit the big shots under the most pressure. No one ever looked forward to playing him. It was going to be pain and suffering if you wanted to go the distance it took to beat him.” IfsMomentsBigsWantedPainSufferingWinningWalksPlayerTalentFieldsBeatsShotsToughDeterminationPressureAdversityAngryDistancePhonesReputationMassiveCompetitorsToughnessBlairWalks Of LifePain And SufferingBig ShotsDecisive MomentsPhone BoothBobcats Author:Luke Jensen
“In Advance of All Parting is a tough, unsentimental examination of marital grief. Musically elegant and inventive, understated and passionate, the poems give us a profound glimpse into how the events of a life can form a center of gravity that fixes the self in its force field. Theres a cold, truth-telling clarity about them that makes them as unsettling as they are beautiful. Ansie Baird has created a richly-drawn world in which this elemental drama plays out, and the result is vivid, startling poems in which pain has left its indelible tracks.” WorldGivingSelfPlayPainBeautifulFormLeftForceResultsGriefEventsFieldsColdDramaToughProfoundPassionateTrackClarityTelling The TruthGravityGlimpseElegantVividExaminationPartingElementalsIndelibleUnderstatedForce FieldsCenter Of Gravity Author:Chase Twichell
“Change is always proceeded by a little pain. Some people can change and they don't have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I'm of a personality that I'm a little stubborn, so it's always tough for me.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPainPersonalityToughPainfulStubbornPainful ThingsPeople Can Change Author:Mel Gibson