{"id":514,"date":"2011-08-30T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/?p=514"},"modified":"2011-08-30T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T19:54:32","slug":"inspiring-quotes-for-challenging-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/discoveriesofawanderer\/2011\/08\/inspiring-quotes-for-challenging-times.html","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Quotes for Challenging Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/files\/2011\/08\/High-School.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-519 \" title=\"Have Confidence\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/288\/2011\/08\/High-School-150x128.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Have Confidence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.worldvision.org\/conversations\/what-would-you-give-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.worldvision.org\/badges\/blog-badge-onething.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"195\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>&#8220;It&#8217;s always too early to quit.&#8221; &#8211; Norman Vincent Peale<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.&#8221; &#8211; Babe Ruth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;You are never a loser until you quit trying.&#8221; &#8211; Mike Ditka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s an important difference between giving up and letting go.&#8221; &#8211; Jessica Hatchigan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.&#8221; &#8211; Eleanor Roosevelt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.&#8221; &#8211; Booker T. Washington<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-520\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/discoveriesofawanderer\/files\/2011\/08\/21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-520  \" title=\"Keep Your Head Above Water\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/288\/2011\/08\/21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keep Your Head Above Water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0&#8220;Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching.&#8221; &#8211; George Van Valkenburg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As long as you\u2019re going to be thinking anyway, THINK BIG.&#8221; &#8211; Donald Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s always too early to quit.&#8221; &#8211; Norman Vincent Peale &nbsp; &#8220;Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.&#8221; &#8211; Babe Ruth &nbsp; \u00a0&#8220;You are never a loser until you quit trying.&#8221; &#8211; Mike Ditka &nbsp; &#8220;There&#8217;s an important difference between giving up and letting go.&#8221; &#8211; Jessica Hatchigan &nbsp; &#8220;The future&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25,33],"tags":[85,86,44],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-inspiration","category-quotes","tag-adversity","tag-challenges","tag-determination"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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