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Tough times can be a chance for you to become a victim or a victor. Our choices during difficult situations can set us up to become better people or weaken us. But, it all starts with the mind. Some days, we have to literally take a step at a time, trusting that we will be okay.

Here are 10 quotes to help you through a difficult situation:

1. ‘You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.’- Joel Osteen

2. ‘If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.’ - Beyonce Knowles

3. ‘We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.’ - Maya Angelou

4. ‘Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.’ - Oprah Winfrey

5. ‘The only problem we really have is we think we’re not supposed to have problems! Problems call us to higher level, face & solve them now!’- Tony Robbins.

6. ‘Choose to be optimistic, it feels better’ - The Dalai Lama

7. ‘And I know that I can survive, I walked through fire to save my life.’ - Sia

8. ‘Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.’- Ghandi

9. ‘Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate, anything. But it’s not what you ask of me it’s what I ask of myself.’

LeBron James

10. ‘It always seems impossible until it's done.’ - Nelson Mandela