Quotessence
Home / Topics / When Things Get Tough Quotes

When Things Get Tough Quotes

Browse 37 quotes about When Things Get Tough.

When Things Get Tough Quotes

“When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.”

“In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”

“My mom always has this amazing ability to always see the best in a situation. In that moment [when finished 2nd in the 200 meter race in the 2008 Olympic games] I was just completely devastated. I mean, I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And she was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me. She's just an amazing supporter and an encouraging person and she has a unique ability to do that. And so those are the kind of things she said to me in that moment and over the next four years. When things get tough, she's always been my strength.”

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.”

“Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.”

“Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!”

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

“The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.”

“Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.”

“Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.”

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.”

“Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want”

“When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.”

“When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.”

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong—in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do: make good art. . . . Someone on the internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before: make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, eventually time will take the sting away, and it doesn’t even matter. Do what only you can do best: make good art.”

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”

“The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”

“Happiness is about being proud of who you are. Be a good friend, be a good daughter, be reliable, be willing to laugh when things get tough, compliment other girls, care about your job, believe in yourself, be vulnerable, tell the truth, apologize when needed, forgive people...”

“When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician -- make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor -- make good art. IRS on your trail -- make good art. Cat exploded -- make good art. Someone on the Internet thinks what you're doing is stupid or evil or it's all been done before -- make good art.”

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

“When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.”