With the outbreak of COVID-19 in South Africa, we’re living in a time of great uncertainty. There’s a lot of panic, plenty of misinformation, and speaking for myself, a slight concern about when we’ll find toilet paper again. To get you through, we’ve found some uplifting quotes to help soothe your anxiety and remind you that this too shall pass.
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Our top uplifting quotes for difficult times
“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.” – Steve Maraboli
“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
“Keep walking through the storm. Your rainbow is waiting on the other side.” – Heather Stillufsen
“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” – Jewish Proverb
“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.” – Unknown
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world — not even our troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin
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“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.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
“You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.” – Wayne Dyer
“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” – Deep Roy
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
“Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” – Jodi Picoult
“Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” – Robert Tew
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“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” – Demi Lovato
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H Schuller
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” – Charles Spurgeon
“Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” – William James
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Last but not least, our favourite quote to help soothe anxiety:
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.”
“And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.”
“And when the danger passed, and the people joined together again, they grieved their losses, and made new choices, and dreamed new images, and created new ways to live and heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.” – Kitty O’Meara
What are your top uplifting quotes? Share them with us!
Compiled by Food and Decor Editor, Claire Badenhorst
