There is hardly any human alive nowadays that hasn’t experienced some sort of hardship throughout their life. Sometimes these hardships are easy to overcome and don’t require much effort on our end. Other times, however, it is difficult to see how we can get ourselves out of this difficult situation. Is it ever going to get better again?
I am no stranger to hard times as well. I can remember plenty of times where I was so desperate that all sense of hope had left my soul. When faced with such situations, it’s easy for me to remember that it can’t rain forever and that better times will eventually roll by, sooner or later. With time, I have learned to accept hardships as an essential part of life and the human experience.
Without experiencing those moments, I would never be the person I am today. For better or for worse, these scenarios shaped me – as I am sure they have shaped all of you too.
This doesn’t change the fact that sometimes it requires great emotional intelligence to recognize hard times as something potentially good for you. Sometimes we all need a little push to help us through these dark moments.
To help with that, here are some of my favorite uplifting quotes for hard times that have helped lift my spirit up when I’ve felt down.
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Best Quotes To Lift You Up When Feeling Down
1. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein.
2. Inhale, exhale, it is well, it is well. All of this is a part of the story you will tell. – Morgan Harper Nichols
3. Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle. – Jon Acuff
4. The art of life is to sustain the feeling of the wish fulfilled and let things come to you, not to go after them or think they flee away. – Neville
5. It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever – the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it. – Vince Lombardi
6. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. – Stephen King
7. You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou
8. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
9. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. – Oprah Winfrey
10. Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. – Ezra Taft Benson
11. Don’t go through life, grow through life. – Eric Butterworth
12. Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling. – Richelle E. Goodrich
13. A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty. – Matshona Dhliwayo
14. People cry not because they are weak but because they have been strong for too long. – Johnny Depp
15. Struggle to achieve your dreams! Live a hard and honest Life. Never give up the struggle. – Avijeet Das
16. Don’t wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater. – Mary Manin Morrissey
17. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. – Martin Luther King Jr.
18. Every failure is a lesson well-learned, Every Success is a battle well-fought, So face hardships with courage.
19. Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path, and you will find you have crossed the mountain.
20. Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light. – Madeleine L’Engle
21. Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. – Sholom Aleichem
22. Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein
23. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
24. It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient. – Daniel Kahneman
25. Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret. – Don Miguel Ruiz
26. It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver. – Betty White
27. Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. – Willie Nelson
28. I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers – if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door. Marla Gibbs
29. Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A “you can do it” when things are tough. – Richard M. DeVos
30. No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things. – Demi Lovato
31. Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. – Hermann Hesse
32. If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. – Bear Bryant
33. One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am. – Michelle Obama
34. The journey is never-ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment. – Antonio Brown
35. It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. – Mark Twain
36. He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. – Aeschylus
37. It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. – Epictetus
38. If no pain, then no love. If no darkness, no light. If no risk, then no reward. It’s all or nothing. In this damn world, it’s all or nothing. – Glennon Doyle Melton
39. To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it! – Charlie Chaplin
40. People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. – Thich Nhat Hanh
41. Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed. – Bob Riley
42. If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun. – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
43. If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie
44. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett
45. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
46. Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. – Og Mandino
47. Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. – Hans Christian Andersen
48. Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting, and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something. – Ralph Marston
49. Things go up and down. If you can survive the down, it will come back. John Denver
50. To survive and even thrive in a changing world, nature offers another great lesson: the survivors are those who at the least adapt to change or even better learn to benefit from change and grow intellectually and personally. That means careful listening and constant learning. Frances Arnold
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