When you are down on your luck or feel as if you just can’t catch a break, sometimes it’s difficult to pick up the pieces and get things moving again. Sometimes, even just the simplest encouraging word can be what we need to turn things around. This collection of uplifting quotes will motivate you to get back on your feet.
Tough times quotes to remind you of your strength
Tough times never last, but tough people do
- “Problems are not stop signs; they are guidelines.”-Robert Schuller
- “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.”-William J. Brennan
- Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”-Dale Carnegie
- The ultimate measure of a man is where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he is at times of challenge and controversy
- Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up
- Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”-Christopher Robin to Pooh, A.k.a. Winnie-the-Pooh
- If you fell down yesterday, get back up today
- Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel
- To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist
Uplifting quotes for difficult times
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”-Confucius
- Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.”
- Lailah Gifty Akita
- Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities.”
- Rodolfo Costa
- Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the “hero” within us is revealed.
Inspirational tough times quotes to make you strong
Never give up.
- “Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren’t so challenging.”
- Carrie Fisher
- Embrace pain and burn it as fuel for your journey.
- Kenji Miyazawa
- Hard times can prepare us for the future.
- Laure Manaudou
Tough times quotes to strengthen your mindset
“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”
- William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
- “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”
- Christopher Reeve
- Find one true friend to help you get through the tough times.”
- Kelly Osbourne
- All warriors of a free life share a hardcore mantel that brindles them through troubled times. “Don’t miss the blessing disguised as shit.”
- Jennifer ** Dougatz
- Life’s a fight. It’s a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.”
- Joel Osteen
Tough times quotes to elevate your mind
Challenges shouldn’t paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are
- “You can make heaven out of hell, or hell out of heaven. The choice is yours.”- Shannon L. Alder
- Courage doesn’t always roar – sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”-Mary Anne Radmach
- Difficult times produce strong men and women
- You don’t have to control your thoughts, just have to stop letting them control you
- Do not get discouraged, the best is yet to come
- Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny
Inspirational tough times quotes
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.”
- Bob Marley
- Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.”
- JK Rowling
- “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
- Seneca The Younger
- Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever.
- Joel Osteen
Tough time quotes
“I believe most people in their life will fall upon tough times at some point.”
- Esther McVey
- “In tough times, one has to see if the fundamentals of the business are good or not.”
- Naveen Tewari
- In prosperous times, the marginal workers get the shaft.
- When I had older guys around me, I kind of leaned on them for advice and went through tough times.”
- Rajon Rondo
- We must move forward, working equally and always strong. We must always remember what our first families up here went through.
- Gina Rinehart
Tough times quotes to get you through the difficult times
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
- Wayne Dyer
- “It takes a lot of courage to push through hard times. Never give up. Good things are coming your way.”- Robert Tew
- A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”- Duke Ellington
- Hard times lifts the seeking souls to higher spiritual realms.
- Vivian Greene
- Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
- Joshua J. Marine
Inspiring Quotes To Help You Get Through Tough Times
Attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to things you don’t, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.
- “One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.”
- Shannon L. Alder
- “Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell.”
- Oprah Winfrey
- Connecting with those you know love, like and appreciate you restores the spirit and gives you energy to keep moving forward in this life.”
- Deborah Day
- The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.
- Bryant McGill, “The Voice of Reason”
There’s always light at the end of every tunnel
Difficult times don’t last.
Uplifting Sayings and Quotes To Help You Get Through Tough Times
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us
- Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow
- You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom
- “You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.”
- Tilman J. Fertitta
- Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.”
- Joel Osteen
- Persistence is a great substitute for talent
- We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”- Martin Luther King
Tough times quotes to uplift you today
“Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.”
- Joel Osteen
- Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. “There were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times.”
- Steve Jobs
- 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
- Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
- Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.”
- Cameron Dokey
More tough times quotes and sayings
“By sticking it out through tough times, people emerge from adversity with a stronger sense of efficacy.”
- Albert Bandura
- Do not be concerned too much with what will happen. Everything which happens will be good and useful for you.”
- Epictetus
- “I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you’re going through a tough time, you’ll get over it.”
- Bella Thorne
- Tonight we cry, we despair, and we fear. Tomorrow we get back to work trying to build the world we want.”
- Sam Altman
- You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
- Robin Williams
- Hard times are good in their own way
Tough times quotes to remind you how strong you are
“The oak sleeps in the acorn. The bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of reality.”
- Napoleon Hill
- “It’s not exactly like you thought it would be, you think it’s a failure. What about the spectrum of colors in between?”
- Sara Evans
- When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse, and when they are, we find hope in thinking that things are so bad they have to get better.”
- Malcolm S. Forbes
- Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
- Albert Schweitzer
- You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow wherever your thoughts take you
- The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain
- Man is fond of counting his troubles but he does not count his joys
Tough times quotes for when things get difficult
We are all dealing with a challenge of some kind. Some of us are just better at hiding it than others
- “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.”
- Jodi Picoult
- When someone is going through a storm…your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.”
- Thelma Davis
- Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
- Oprah Winfrey
- Don’t forget to also check out these disappointment quotes that will inspire you to keep moving forward
Quotes and Sayings for When The Going Gets Tough
“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea.
- Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don’t have something better.”
- C. JoyBell C. Fiore, ‘Awaken Your Strongest Self: Break Free of Stress, Inner Conflict, and Self-Sabotage’
- In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand
- Every goal first started as something in our mind
- How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them
Tough time quotes to help you through difficulty
Learn how to be happy with what you have while pursuing all that you want
- “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
- Randy Pausch
- “Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity, not without comforts and hopes.”
- Francis Bacon
- Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
- Khalil Gibran
- Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you an individual who has overcome adversity.”
- Lou Holtz
- In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
- Albert Camus
Tough times quotes to keep you going strong
“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.”- John H. Groberg
- “To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.”- Barbara DeAngelis
- Tough times helped many commodities traders become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers, and cost cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up.”
- Jim Rogers
- No one ever said life would be easy, but no one said you had to go through it alone.
- Jellis Vaes
- Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire. – “Difficult times will come.”- Raj Kosaraju
Relatable tough times quotes
Use what you’ve been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable
- “Become a happy memory collector. Live fully in the now, appreciating each moment.”
- Karen Salmansohn
- Confucius
- People in tough times have a great attitude
- See your hard times through the spectacles of your experiences
- Everybody goes through tough times no matter what you do
- The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work
Tough times quotes to motivate you during hard times
Develop success from failures
- Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other
- Even in the tough times, He’s still a good God.”
- Victoria Osteen
- Just because I’m in the spotlight
- I’m actually no better than anyone else. Everyone has hard days and tough times.”
- Kyle Carpenter
- “We’re going to have tough times. Everybody goes through it.”
- Masai Ujiri
- Faith is why I’m here today.
- Kevin Kruse
- “Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.”
- Brave is what you’re doing
Tough times quotes to strengthen you
Hard days are the best because that’s when champions are made
- Change yourself to stronger
- “Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.”
- Anton Chekhov
- Life will always be hard on you, but it doesn’t mean you should give up
- One small crack does not mean you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.”
- Linda Poindexter
- In difficult times, it’s so hard to look around and to see what to be grateful for
- People who don’t stick around during the hard times weren’t worth having around anyway
