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Lessons from the hard times

Hard times create strong people
Behind strong persons there is a story that gave them no choice.
- Paul Coelho
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Hard times create motivation
I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.
- Dwayne Johnson
It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
- Rocky Balboa
Hard times can be overcome
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
- Helen Keller
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
- Steve Maraboli
Hard times are necessary for winning
Whenever I get to a low point where I think “why do I even bother?” I just try to remind myself “this is where most people stop, and this is why they don't win.
- Alex Hormozi
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
- Vince Lombardi
Hard times create opportunities
Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.
- J.K. Rowling
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
- Maya Angelou
The hard times are never enjoyable, but that's where some of life's best lessons are learned.
Stay strong. Set no limits.
Until next week,
Isaac Wooden | Dalton Howell