50 Encouraging Quotes for Tough Times
Everyone goes through difficult times, and sometimes we all need a little encouragement to help us push through. Whether you’re facing a personal challenge, struggling with self-doubt, or feeling overwhelmed by life’s obstacles, these 50 quotes can provide the motivation and support you need to keep going. Sometimes, a few words of wisdom can help turn things around and remind us that we are stronger than we think.
Quotes for Resilience
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
- “Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” — Dan Reeves
- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
- “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
- “Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C.S. Lewis
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
- “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The only way out is through.” — Robert Frost
- “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller
Quotes for Strength and Courage
- “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley
- “Courage is grace under pressure.” — Ernest Hemingway
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” — Confucius
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” — Kenji Miyazawa
- “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung
- “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
- “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” — Unknown
- “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
Quotes for Hope and Faith
- “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” — Christopher Reeve
- “Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman
- “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” — Haruki Murakami
- “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.” — Emily Dickinson
- “The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.” — Morris Mandel
- “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo
- “Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.” — Jim Valvano
- “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” — Richard Bach
Quotes for Personal Growth
- “The only way to change is to make yourself uncomfortable.” — Unknown
- “The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
- “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu
- “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.” — Calvin Coolidge
- “Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.” — Robin Sharma
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
Quotes for Overcoming Obstacles
- “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” — George S. Patton
- “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
- “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll
- “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” — Molière
- “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” — Henry Ford
- “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill
- “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” — Randy Pausch
- “It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” — Charles Darwin
- “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
- “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” — Susan Gale
Conclusion
Tough times may seem endless, but they are temporary. These quotes serve as reminders that resilience, strength, and hope are within us, and no matter what we face, we have the ability to overcome and grow from our experiences. Remember, every challenge is an opportunity to become stronger, wiser, and more determined. Keep these encouraging words close, and let them guide you through your struggles, because you are capable of more than you think.
