1. 10 When Life Is Tough Quotes

2. “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.” –Randy Pausch 1

3. 1. Accepting Life’s Challenges Do something extraordinary. Accept life’s opportunities. Realize that if you never step up to a challenge that’s a bit over your head, you’ll never know how tall you truly are. Rise to each challenge and continue adding value to the ever-growing possibilities that await your brilliance.

4. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” –Beverly Sills 2

5. 2. Working Hard When you’re young you fanaticize about a hammer of creativity, a pliers of efficiency, a saw of wisdom etc. But then you grow up and you realize that everyone is working with the same set of old tools – desire, commitment, honesty, kindness, love, persistence, etc. And as flawed and bent as they may be, they work wonders against the odds when you truly put them to the test.

6. “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” –J.K. Rowling 3

7. 3. Choosing Wisely Life is ticking away every second. The worst thing is spending your entire life drowning slowly and not being able to convince yourself that you are in full control, and that you can easily save yourself by simply standing up. This is your life, made up entirely of your choices, your actions, your thoughts, etc. Someday you will either decide to save yourself or remain unsaved forever.

8. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” –Friedrich Nietzsche 4

9. 4. Growing from Problems When times are good and everything is comfortably in order, it’s easy to become complacent and forget how skillful and resourceful you are capable of being. Troubled times are necessary evils that push you forward, because they eventually end, and the lessons and strengths you gain from them last a lifetime.

10. “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” –Veronica Roth 5

11. 5. Laughing it Off Do what you need to do, but don’t take yourself too seriously. Laugh whenever you can because you can. There’s honestly nothing like deep breaths after a good chuckle – nothing in the whole wide world like a sore tummy and cheeks for all the right reasons.

12. “I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” –Rita Mae Brown 6

13. 6. Staying True to Yourself To make a positive difference in your life you must sometimes be different and take the road less traveled. Just because everyone is heading in a one direction doesn’t mean you must go that way too. On the contrary, it’s a valuable opportunity for you to step aside and figure out where you truly want to go.

14. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” –Eleanor Roosevelt 7

15. 7. Fighting for Your Dreams When things don’t go right, it doesn’t mean you have to go wrong along with them. Continue putting forth even the smallest efforts to sustain your dreams. Accept the fact that if you fight through the challenges, there is always a chance you might lose, but if you do not fight at all, you have already lost.

16. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –H. Jackson Brown Jr. 8

17. 8. Deciding to Change If you’re not where you want to be right now, take the time to visualize yourself in the place you want to be and take the first step in that direction. You may not be able to change your destination in a day, but you can change your direction right now. Keep moving along this new path and it will eventually lead you to your destination.

18. “It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one.” –George Harrison 9

19. 9. Being Present Make your time count. Don’t let it slip by without being aware of it. Life works in a strange way: You want something and you work and wait and feel like it’s taking forever to come. Then it happens and it’s over and all you want to do is relive all the great memories you made along the way. Happiness is the journey. Open your eyes. Don’t miss it.

20. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” –Walt Whitman 10

21. 10. Being Thankful Happiness is valuing what you have, and enjoying the people, places, objects and events in your life for what they are. It’s not about changing and achieving all the time, it’s about being and appreciating. And you can nearly always enjoy the things happening around you if you make up your mind firmly that you will. Thank You Very Much Sompong Yusoontorn