You inevitably face challenges, setbacks, losses, and failures in life. Life can kick you down even when you are already down. You may feel weighed down, overwhelmed, and like giving up. But hang in there. You can push through and overcome the challenging times.
Here are 87 quotes to inspire you to push through the challenges and cope.
- “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” — Chuck Swindoll
- “The oak fought the wind and was broken; the willow bent when it must and survived.” — Robert Jordan
- “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
- “Never say that you can’t do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can’t be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: absolutely anything in the world is possible.” — Mike Norton
- “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” — Alain de Botton
- “My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.” — Steve Goodier
- “Never give in. Never, never, never.” -Winston Churchill
- “Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it’s good for you, even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.” — Andrew Solomon
- “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
- “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” — Jodi Picoult
- “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
- “One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” — Greg Kincaid
- “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” -Doe Zantamata
- “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” -L. M. Montgomery
- “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.” – Roz Inga
- “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
- “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
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
- “Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.” — Yasmin Mogahed
- “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin
- “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” -Chinese Proverb
- “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller
- “Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.” -William Hazlitt
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
- “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.” – Frida Kahlo
- “Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” -Francis Bacon
- “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” -Michael Jordan
- “I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance. Never settle for the path of least resistance.” — Lee Ann Womack
- “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” -Epictetus
- “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
- “Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.” — Emil Dorian
- “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
- “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” – Stephanie Lahart
- “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” — Elizabeth Edwards
- “If you feel like giving up, give up on that feeling and give in to the realization there are endless possibilities waiting to be discovered before you.” – Tom Althouse
- “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 the going gets tough – the tough get going!” -John Belushi, Animal House
- “There are moments when troubles enter our lives, and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” – Paulo Coelho
- “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” — Angela Duckworth
- “We all have battles to fight. And it’s often in those battles that we are most alive: it’s on the frontlines of our lives that we earn wisdom, create joy, forge friendships, discover happiness, find love, and do purposeful work.” — Eric Greitens
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
- “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
- “On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” — Gregory S. Williams
- “The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
- “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” — Randy Pausch
- “When someone is going through a storm…your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.” – Thelma Davis
- “Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. We do have to suffer, but in the end, it makes us strong, better and wise.” — Anurag Prakash Ray
- “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
- “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H Schuller
- “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me…. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” — Walt Disney
- “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” ― Roy T. Bennett
- “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” — Benjamin Franklin
- “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead; others come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me.” — Dr. Seuss
- “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin
- “Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’ve ever imagined.” – Dr. Seuss
- “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.”- Mary Anne Radmacher
- “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” — Carlos Castaneda
- “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
- “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
- “We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig
- “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” — Epictetus
- “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran
- After every storm, the sun will smile; for every problem, there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.” – William R. Alger
- “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison
- “Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” — Zig Ziglar
- “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
- “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley
- “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” — Elizabeth Edwards
- “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” — William J. Brennan, Jr.
- “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Edmund Hillary
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas Edison
- “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
- “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” — William Ellery Channing
- “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” — Carl Bard
- “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” — Germany Kent
- “Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.” — Joel Osteen
- “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
- “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” — Gever Tulley
- “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” – Henry David Thoreau
- “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” – Tony Robbins
Whatever you are struggling with, you will get through these difficult times, especially with the help of these pushing through quotes. Keep pressing on because the sun will rise. Take note of the uplifting quotes above from successful people that inspire you and refer to them regularly for motivation, inspiration, and encouragement.
