Pushing Through Quotes to Help You Cope

87 Pushing Through Quotes to Help You Cope

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.

  1. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
  2. “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” — Chuck Swindoll
  3. “The oak fought the wind and was broken; the willow bent when it must and survived.” — Robert Jordan
  4. “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
  5. “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
  6. “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” — Alain de Botton
  7. “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
  8. “Never give in. Never, never, never.” -Winston Churchill
  9. “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
  10. “Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
  11. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” — Jodi Picoult
  12. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
  13. “One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge.” – Roy T. Bennett
  14. “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” — Greg Kincaid
  15. “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
  16. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” -L. M. Montgomery
  17. “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
  18. “You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.” – Roz Inga
  19. “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
  20. “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
  21. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
  22. “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
  23. “Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.” – Steve Martin
  24. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” -Chinese Proverb
  25. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller
  26. “Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.” -William Hazlitt
  27. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
  28. “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.” – Frida Kahlo
  29. “Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” -Francis Bacon
  30. “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
  31. “I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance. Never settle for the path of least resistance.” — Lee Ann Womack
  32. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” -Epictetus
  33. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
  34. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
  35. “Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.” — Emil Dorian
  36. “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
  37. “Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.” – Stephanie Lahart
  38. “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
  39. “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
  40. “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
  41. “When the going gets tough – the tough get going!” -John Belushi, Animal House
  42. “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
  43. “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” — Angela Duckworth
  44. “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
  45. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”  — Japanese Proverb
  46. “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
  47. “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
  48. “The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
  49. “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” — Randy Pausch
  50. “When someone is going through a storm…your silent presence is more powerful than a million empty words.” – Thelma Davis
  51. “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
  52. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
  53. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H Schuller
  54. “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
  55. “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” ― Roy T. Bennett
  56. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” — Benjamin Franklin
  57. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  58. “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
  59. “I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin
  60. “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
  61. “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
  62. “We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” — Carlos Castaneda
  63. “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
  64. “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
  65. “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
  66. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” — Epictetus
  67. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran
  68. 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
  69. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison
  70. “Difficult roads always lead to beautiful destinations.” — Zig Ziglar
  71. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
  72. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley
  73. “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” — Elizabeth Edwards
  74. “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” — William J. Brennan, Jr.
  75. “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Edmund Hillary
  76. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas Edison
  77. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
  78. “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” — William Ellery Channing
  79. “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
  80. “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
  81. “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
  82. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
  83. “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” — Gever Tulley
  84. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
  85. “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  86. “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” – Henry David Thoreau
  87. “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.

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