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At this point, it is safe to say that Nigerians still have a long way to go in their fight against injustice. However, that doesn’t mean we must lose hope. Whether we triumph in this battle and succeed in building a better country is largely dependent on our ability to persevere through the trying times. A great way to uplift ourselves is to remember that there is always a way forward in any situation. Even in a situation that seems so bleak, we can prevail as long as we don’t give up. We’ve put together a list of quotes for these difficult times. May these quotes inspire optimism, courage, and faith in you.
- “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”– Duke Ellington
- “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
- “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.” – Leroy Satchel Paige
- “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” – Doe Zantamata
- “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn
- “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” – L.M. Montgomery
- “Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” – Elie Weisel
- “Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.” – Norman Vincent Peale
- “We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.” – John H. Groberg
- “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
- “Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”– Robert Schuller
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- “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
- “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”– Michael Jordan
- “Use what you’ve been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable!”– Yvonne Pierre
- “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skilful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”– Epictetus
- “Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “It’s not exactly like you thought it would be, you think it’s a failure. What about the spectrum of colours in between.” – Sara Evans
- “I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead, others come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me.” – Dr Seuss
- “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” – Robert Frost
- “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”– Mary Anne Radmacher
- “To have darkness behind me, in front of me a bright sky, flickering lights on the water and to feel it on the stony face of the southern sun.” – Julia Hartwig
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