216 Inspirational Quotes About Struggles In Life And Difficult Moments

216 Inspirational Quotes To Help You Go Through Tough Times And Struggles In life

• 1. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.”
• 2. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
• 3. “It is never too late to become who you might have been.”
• 4. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
• 5. “Do or do not; there is no try.”
• 6. “Forget yesterday, live for today!”
• 7. “Remember: If you don’t make mistakes, you won’t learn anything.”
• 8. Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass... It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
• 9. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
• 10. No one ever becomes poorer by trying to help others.
• 11. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
• 12. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
• 13. “I am always doing my best. I guess that’s all anybody can ask.”
• 14. “We cannot direct the wind, But we can adjust the sails.”
• 15. “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic, but he must take it because conscience tells him that it is right.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
• 16. “Failure doesn’t exist. Failure is merely an opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
• 17. “Nothing will work unless you do.”
• 18. “Don’t give up on your dreams. No dream is beyond reach.”
• 19. “Things turn out best for those who make the most of their opportunities.”
• 20. “In your darkest hour, grab hold of a star.”
• 21. “Never give up on what you really want to do.”
• 22. Every day we should renew our efforts to find truth and beauty and goodness and love.
• 23. My greatest fear is to die just as I have lived – unfulfilled.
• 24. “Your destiny is within your grasp, so long as you can seize it with both hands.”
• 25. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to Be?’
• 26. “Sometimes the questions are complicated and sometimes they are simple.”
• 27. “Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”
• 28. “Be kind to yourself. You are a child of nature after all.”
• 29. “The world breaks everyone and afterward many mend.”
• 30. To laugh often and much; to love life; to hate nothing; to be free from care; to look forward to the advent of happiness; to gather strength, courage and confidence by reflection; to trust experience; to be able to say, ‘there is no fear,’–these things, rather than money, determine true wealth.
• 31. “Some people think having a big bank balance means everything. But having more than enough money to handle your needs makes you rich, not necessarily happy.”
• 32. “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
• 33. “When the student is ready the teacher appears”
• 34. “All great thoughts are conceived while walking, and executed while walking.”
• 35. “I believe that any man’s finest moment occurs when he is fighting for his ideals.”
• 36. “It’s good to have goals, but even better to have vision.”
• 37. “As soon as you decide something, you’ll know whether it was right or wrong.”
• 38. “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
• 39. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
• 40. “Always aim at complete success. If you miss, try for the nearest possible perfection.”
• 41. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
• 42. “You can’t live the same way in which you were living before, there is too much change. The old has gone, the new hasn’t come yet.”
• 43. “Wherever you go, whoever you meet, however difficult your problems, remember this: you still have a choice. So choose wisely! Remember this also: whatever happens tomorrow, you can always start over again today!”
• 44. “A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.”
• 45. The secret to a successful life is to have fun doing what you like, and then, if you haven’t succeeded, to try something else.
• 46. One of the best ways to make friends is to help others.
• 47. Happiness is a decision you make everyday between the person you are now, and the person you want to become.”
• 48. “What other people think doesn’t matter very much. What matters most is what you think about them.”
• 49. “The first step toward solving anything is admitting it.”
• 50. Many people spend their lives trying to achieve something without realizing that achieving something itself is half of the pleasure.
• 51. “Don’t let anyone ever tell you that you aren’t smart enough or talented enough. People who are saying that are losers just looking for validation from others to feel superior instead of standing up for themselves.
• 52. “No matter where you go, no matter who you meet, the only thing you need to do is act naturally.”
• 53. “Sometimes failure is simply proof that you tried hard enough.”
• 54. “You will never reach your destination if you stop questioning your route.”
• 55. “Never give up on someone because they are different than you.”
• 56. “Successful people find time to play.”
• 57. “The key is to focus not on the goal but on the process.”
• 58. “If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”
• 59. “Everyone deserves a chance to prove himself, every one. No one owes anyone an explanation.”
• 60. “Be careful with people’s opinions about you, especially your own.”
• 61. “Every day is another day closer to death.”
• 62. “Dreams die early.”
• 63. “Be grateful for everything.”
• 64. “Remember, there is always room for improvement.”
• 65. “Doing nothing at all is the hardest work.”
• 66. “The greatest mistake you could possibly make is attempting anything alone.”
• 67. “There is no such thing as failure, only feedback.”
• 68. “Try to accept the things you cannot change. Then you will be free to concentrate on the things you can.”
• 69. “You can either learn from your mistakes or repeat them. I prefer learning”
• 70. “You should always listen to advice, even when you disagree with it.”
• 71. “I may not be perfect, but I’m getting better.”
• 72. “Make sure you take advantage of all opportunities.”
• 73. “It takes courage to grow older and wiser.”
• 74. “There are two kinds of failures – those that learn from them and those that don’t.”
• 75. “We can’t control our past, but we can decide how we deal with it.”
• 76. “Life is too short to waste any minute of it being unhappy or angry. If you want to improve yourself, then you must be willing to improve others around you.”
• 77. “People who say they would rather die than live in pain are usually the ones that are living with chronic pain.”
• 78. “Nothing great was ever achieved without passion.”
• 79. “If you wait until you get it right, you’ll never make it at all!”
• 80. “Give love freely and receive it gladly. It will return tenfold more than you know.”
• 81. “Failure is often the precursor to success.”
• 82. “Happiness does not depend upon outward circumstances; it depends solely on what you think.”
• 83. “Live each moment like it is your last.”
• 84. If you wake up in the morning with regrets, then that means you didn’t spend enough time the night before thinking about what you did right, did wrong, and could have done differently.
• 85. “Learn the lessons life teaches you and move on.
• 86. When you realize that you’ve made all possible efforts and failed anyway, it becomes clear that some goals are beyond your ability to achieve.”
• 87. “A person’s character determines their fate. A man’s destiny is shaped by his decisions.”
• 88. “You can never cross a river without swimming through first.”
• 89. “Believe in something so strongly that you can hardly conceive of any evidence against it.”
• 90. “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
• 91. “The best revenge is to laugh at your enemies.”
• 92. “Love is born out of respect for another human being.”
• 93. “Never let someone else hold you back, if you can help it.”
• 94. No matter how successful you become, remember: You’re just as important today as you were yesterday.
• 95. “Don’t worry about failure, you can’t do anything about it anyway.”
• 96. “Don’t compare yourself with other people, you will always find yourself falling short.”
• 97. “Life isn’t fair and neither are relationships. So stop putting everyone else’s needs ahead of yours and start looking after yourself.”
• 98. “Always look on the bright side of life.”
• 99. “Life may not give you a reason to rejoice, but you still need reasons to celebrate.
• 100. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”
• 101. Every day you are given a new chance to begin again, to dare to fail, to discover your true self.”
• 102. “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
• 103. “Sometimes life brings us things we can’t explain. But sometimes it also gives us things we can’t understand.”
• 104. “If you believe in yourself, no one can tell you different.”
• 105. Just because you came into this world with nothing doesn’t mean you’re destined to leave with nothing.
• 106. “When you think you are beaten, try just once more.”
• 107. If you want to go fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, walk together.” – African Proverb
• 108. “Many times happiness is found in unexpected places.”
• 109. “Let go of everything except what matters most.”
• 110. “We don’t become the things we want, we become the things we tolerate.”
• 111. “Forgiveness is a powerful weapon. Use it wisely and well.”
• 112. “All of us must learn to use our common sense, even when it seems there is none.”
• 113. There is no substitute for hard work.”
• 114. “I’m thankful to god that I cannot feel sorry for myself.”
• 115. “When you come face to face with despair, you either fight it or run from it…there is no middle ground.”
• 116. “I am convinced that life is 10% what we take up and 90% how we handle it.”
• 117. “It takes courage to grow. To change. To settle for less than we deserve.”
• 118. One way to make a living in business is to do the thing people wish they had the courage to do.
• 119. “No great man has ever existed who was not persecuted.”
• 120. “The only difference between a rut and a grave is depth.”
• 121. “Do what you know is right. Even though others won’t like it, it doesn’t really matter.”
• 122. “To be happy is to forgive.”
• 123. “You have to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going; you might end up somewhere you didn’t expect.”
• 124. “Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
• 125. “Happiness doesn’t depend on what condition you’re in. Happiness depends on whether or not you rise above it.”
• 127. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but rather by the moments that take our breath away.”
• 128. “People who live without love are like ships without sails.”
• 129. “Never forget to be grateful for what you have, you’ll never regret what you did with it.”
• 130. “Don’t let anybody tell you why you can’t do something, or what you can’t do. Only you can do that.”
• 131. “Life is made up of small adventures, each one leading to the next.”
• 132. “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.”
• 133. “A person should always be ready to sacrifice all he wants for himself, for his family, for his society, for his country.”
• 134. “A truly happy person is one who loves his fellow men enough to seek their good and respects them enough to work for their betterment.”
• 135. Suffering serves as a necessary part of life, yet, people would rather avoid it than embrace its meaning.
• 136. “Success comes to those who stay focused on what’s important, even when the struggle becomes difficult.”
• 137. “The best revenge is success.”
• 138. “In every adversity there is an opportunity.”
• 139. “Only when you stop trying to be perfect will you actually get somewhere.”
• 140. “Be careful about judging people because we all have hidden faults.”
• 141. “There is no greater joy than helping someone else succeed.”
• 142. “Love is the answer to everything.”
• 143. “Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
• 144. “Every failure is a stepping stone toward future success.”
• 145. The most successful people in life, think like winners.
• 146. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
• 147. Your attitude determines your altitude.
• 148. “Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
• 149. The greatest happiness in life is doing what you like.
• 150. “We can never cross the ocean until we have the courage to admit we are sailing into unknown waters.”
• 151. “I’ve been told that I’m crazy, and I’ve been called stubborn. But I believe in myself, so I haven’t lost.”
• 152. “When you lose, lose with grace.”
• 153. “Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn. You can’t always win, but you can always learn from losing.”
• 154. “When you make a mistake, admit it quickly and move on.”
• 155. It takes more strength to become weak than it does to remain strong.”
• 156. “One must always remember, however difficult things may seem – there is always hope.”
• 157. “The secret of getting ahead lies in getting started.”
• 158. “Most people spend more time and energy worrying about what they are going to eat in the next few hours than thinking about what they are going do for dinner tonight.”
• 159. “To succeed, start where others quit.”
• 160. “You don’t fail by not starting, you fail by giving up.”
• 161. “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change.”
• 162. “Do not dwell on the past; do not worry about the future; concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
• 163. “Dreaming is believing.”
• 164. “Forgive yourself, forgive everyone else, and then forgive some more.”
• 165. “Our deepest fear is not that we’re inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we’re powerful beyond measure.”
• 166. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
• 167. No matter how many times you fall down or how hard you hit the ground, if you keep falling and hitting, sooner or later you’ll stand up again.
• 168. “Don’t let negative thoughts control you. They will only drag you down.”
• 169. “The difference between success and failure depends on the ability to recognize and correct mistakes before they destroy us.”
• 170. “Dare greatly, care little.”
• 171. “I love my job. I love waking up every day knowing that I am making a contribution and that I feel useful.”
• 172. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, gratitude and humour.”
• 173. “It’s easy to blame circumstances for our failures, but what good does that do? What we need to realize is that we create our own reality.”
• 174. “It is not the strongest of the species who survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
• 175. “Failure is simply feedback that tells you something about what you should do better next time.”
• 176. “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having them use you.”
• 177. “If you want to achieve excellence, devote half your time to planning and preparation, half to practicing and improving.”
• 178. “Every hero has his tragedy.”
• 179. “Courage doesn’t mean having the guts to face a lion head-on. It means being able to sit quietly behind a wall when other people go out to fight.”
• 180. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
• 181. “You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone that you love.”
• 182. “We all have mountains to climb, obstacles to overcome, goals to accomplish. But no matter what we’ve done in our lives so far, we still get just one chance to make it right, this time.”
• 183. “There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.”
• 184. “Be as proud of their courage as of their ignorance.”
• 185. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
• 186. “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
• 187. “Everything happens exactly as it should happen.”
• 188. “To enjoy your work, you must give yourself completely to it. A part of you must die daily, that your spirit may grow strong.”
• 189. “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
• 190. “When we lose faith in ourselves, we also lose faith in everything else.”
• 191. “Never give up. Never surrender. For nothing in life worth fighting for comes easily.”
• 192. “In order to succeed, all you need are two things: ignorance and confidence. You have to know enough to believe you don’t know anything, and then act as if you knew what you were talking about anyway.
• 193. “There is a way to stop any argument short of murder. That way is called ‘civilized discussion.'”
• 194. “What makes me happy is helping others. Helping is a lot more fun than receiving help.”
• 195. “No man has ever become poor by giving.”
• 196. “The best revenge would be to live well.”
• 197. “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.”
• 198. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
• 199. “A goal without a plan is merely wishful thinking.”
• 200. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
• 201. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain road to failure is the desire to win too soon.”
• 202. “It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
• 203. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it will achieve.”
• 204. “Determination is a wonderful quality in a person.”
• 205. “One good turn deserves another.”
• 206. “Nothing great was ever achieved easily.”
• 207. “Your task is not to seek new experiences but to create them.”
• 208. “People ask me why I’m so crazy about my job? Well, it’s because I love what I do!”
• 209. “If you tell the truth, nobody listens. If you lie, everybody does.”
• 210. Greater love hath no man than he lay down his life for his friends”
• 211. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist after age four.”
• 212. “The world is full of obvious truths which everyone sees at once, and yet these obvious truths are generally totally ignored.”
• 213. “I never met anyone who wasn’t afraid of losing. Even winners are afraid. They’re just not telling you about it.”
• 214. “The only difference between a rut and a grave is depth.”
• 215. When you want to find the answer, look very carefully into your own heart.”
• 216. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is simply the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I’ll try again tomorrow’.”

Final Thoughts

I hope that these motivational quotes have helped you to get through the difficult times in life, and that they’ve inspired you to keep moving forward and being the best version of yourself!

Best of luck.