140 When You Feel Like Giving Up Quotes To Inspire You To Keep Going
Life throws a lot of curveballs and there will be times you will feel like giving up on your goals and dreams. Are you in need of inspiration to keep going?
Everyone struggles with motivation from time to time, but keeping a positive attitude is key to succeeding.
Quotes can be great sources of encouragement when we are feeling stuck.
In this article, we’ve compiled a list of quotes to help you stay motivated and inspired when you feel like giving up.
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140 When You Feel Like Giving Up Quotes To Inspire You To Keep Going
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Anonymous
- “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass...It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
- “Don’t give up easily, your hard work will reap rewards one day!” – Unknown
- I know there are chances I could fail, But I won’t quit until I succeed.” – Unknown
- “Pain is temporary…quitting lasts forever!” – Lance Armstrong
- “Believe in yourself a little more.” – Unknown
- “The difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough is recognizing the signs of hopelessness, then turning them into hope and will to continue.” – Unknown
- “I may be down but I’m not out. Just because I feel like giving up doesn’t mean I will.” – Unknown
- “It’s not failure that defines you, it’s how you respond to it. Never give up!” –Caroline Usilama
- “Once you wake up and smell the roses, you will realize that if you keep going even in the toughest times, success awaits on the other side.” – Gerard Phu
- “No matter how deep a valley is or how high a hill becomes you can still climb your way out if only you keep trying…never give up!” – Peter Aish
- “You never know what tomorrow brings…so don’t give up because it might get better later…” –Unknown
- “Giving up should never be an option; instead find strength and courage within yourself to power through challenges.” -Jennie Goutet
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ― C.S. Lewis
- “If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters! Stay cool.” – Unknown
- “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
- “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “I can, therefore I am.”― Simone Weil
- “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
- “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The strongest people aren’t always the people who win, but the people who don’t give up when they lose.” — Ashley Hodgeson
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” — Walter Elliot
- “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D Roosevelt
- “It’s not about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” – Rocky Balboa
- “Never give up on something you can\’t go a day without thinking about.” ― Winston Churchill
- “Don’t letting the sadness from the past and fear of the future kill your today!” — Unknown
- “A diamond is just a piece of coal that made good under pressure.” — Unknown
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
- “Be stronger than your strongest excuse” — Unknown
- “When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place” ― Anonymous
- “You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process you will figure out who you really are—and YOU ARE SO MUCH STRONGER THAN YOU THINK.” ― Anonymous
- “Don’t give up. Don’t lose hope. Don’t sell out.” – Christopher Reeve
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.’” – Unknown
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A Edison
- “The only way to fail is to give up – so don’t!” ― Unknown
- “Take risks and don’t give up if you believe something really matters.” ― Oprah Winfrey
- “You are going to want to quit sometimes, That’s when you need to be reminded why you started.”
- “Success is not achieved by giving up; it’s about what you learn on the way there. So give yourself a fresh start and keep going!”
- “Every day presents a new opportunity and strength to get back up even if you feel like giving up.”
- “It’s not over until you have nothing left inside of you. So don’t give up!”
- “Just remember: Anything that gets between you and your success should be viewed as fuel that will push you forward and make it all worthwhile in the end. So never give up!”
- “Focus on the things that matter, let go of what doesn’t and never ever give up!”
- “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.”
- “Successful people never worry about what others are doing. They focus on their goals and make plans to reach them.” – Unknown
- “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
- “Strength comes from struggle; when you learn to see your obstacles as opportunities, life can become so much more rewarding.” – Unknown
- “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you” – Fred Devito
- “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.” – C. JoyBell C
- “When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor” – Elon Musk
- “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up” – Jim Valvano
- “The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.”
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”
- “I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
- “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better”
- “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power but because of its persistence.” – Jimmy Chin
- “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
- “The only way to gain security is to be courageous enough to venture into the unknown and uncomfortable territory of uncertainty and change.” – Hunter Madsen
- “If you want something you have never had, then you have do something you have never done before.” —Anonymous
- “Fall seven times stand up eight.” —Japanese Proverb
- “The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” – Anonymous
- “When things are bad, remember that whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
- “You learn more from failure than success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.”- Unknown
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great!” – Steve Prefontaine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C S Lewis
- I’ve never met a strong person with an easy past” -Unknown
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” ― Drew Barrymore
- “You don’t always need a plan sometimes you just need to breathe, trust and let go and see what happens.” – Mandy Hale
- “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” —Confucius
- “The best way out is always through.”—Robert Frost
- “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
- “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
- “We all make mistakes, but that doesn’t mean we should give up on our dreams.” – Unknown
- “Don’t give up when obstacles appear in your life, because it only means that there are bigger rewards waiting for you just around the corner.” – Unknown
- “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”. – Confucius
- “Never give in—never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty.” – Winston Churchill
- Conviction is a powerful thing; once it takes root it will manifest no matter how many times you’re knocked down by life.” – Unknown
- “Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” – Unknown
- “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.” – Julie Andrew
- “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
- “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
- “There are no failures — just experiences and your reactions to them.” ― Tom Krause
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”– C.S Lewis
- “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity, It comes from an indomitable will” —Mahatma Gandhi
- “Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.” – Victor Kiam
- “The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”—John Green
- “It’s not about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”― Rocky Balboa
- “Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.” – Helen Keller
- “You must never give up on your dreams because when it seems like hopelessness and darkness hide them away, they will shine brighter than the sun when you least expect it. So never give up on yourself or your ambition however hard things get out there!” – Jarod Kintz
- “When things seem too hard, keep going anyway — just know that every hard thing will eventually be conquered by determination and resilience” – German Gonzales
- “The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are. The second greatest is being happy with what you find.” – Unknown
- “You have to make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me.’” – Joel Osteen
- “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat it is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street.” – Denis Waitley
- “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time” – Thomas A Edison
- “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” – Winston Churchill
- “Successful people never quit, they just keep trying until they make it work.” – John C Maxwell
- “Never give up on your dreams and never stop believing in you”–Unknown
- “If you don’t have hope, you will always feel helpless and hopeless. Never give up hope.” – Amy Poehler
- “No matter how hard it gets, never ever give up” – Eminem
- “When things are tough and nothing seems to be going your way, don’t give in to the pressure; remember why you started and stay focused on the bigger picture.” — Unknown
- “It’s really important when life throws you a curveball to focus on all the positive things in life so it’s not easy to give up.” — Miranda Kerr
- “Don’t give up. The beginning is always the hardest. Life rewards those who work hard at it.” – Unknown
- “I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy — I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” – Unknown
- “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.,
- “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “Staying in one place is a sure way of getting nowhere, so never stop trying and never give up hope!” – Unknown
- “Remember why you started … and don’t quit before the miracle happens!” – Unknown
- “When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” – Elvis Presley
- “But you, you never give up, no matter how hard it gets.” – Unknown
- “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
- “When the world says, ‘Give up’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.’” – Unknown
- Don’t be discouraged by failure be inspired by it” – Unknown
- “Each setback provides us with a lesson we can use to help us succeed again in the future!”– Unknown
- “It’s going to get harder before it gets easier, but it will get better if you keep going!” – Unknown
- “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “Pressure is a privilege – it only comes to those who earn it.” – Billie Jean King
- “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill
- “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
- “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” ― Winston Churchill
- “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
- “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
- “Even when you feel like giving up, don’t. There are so many people who will never get a chance to even try and give up, so make sure that your efforts don’t go in vain.” – Unknown
- “Success is not measured by the heights you reach but by the obstacles you overcome while trying to success. Do not let the fear of failure keep you from trying – as long as you never give up, future failure is only temporary defeat.” – Unknown
- “You can’t be afraid to fail; it keeps things interesting because it’s part of the journey and fighting it makes us stronger. Never give up on something you really want; it’s harder in the end than giving up early on.” – Anonymous
- “No one should ever give up no matter how hard life gets or how discouraged we feel – there will always be hope.” – Anonymous
- “Keeping going, despite all odds, is indeed a testament to one’s courage when facing adversity and adversity inevitably comes to all of us at some point.” – Unknown
- “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and hit it.” – Michel Angelo
- “Not giving up doesn’t mean I am strong but that I refuse to surrender rather than submitting myself to something I believe is wrong” – Anonymous
Final Thoughts
No matter how hard life may seem, never give up. Life is full of challenges and obstacles but if you stay strong and keep pushing forward, you can achieve anything.
Don’t be afraid to fail because failure is part of the journey to success. Believe in yourself and never let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.
Take risks and have courage in the face of adversity; it will make all the difference in the end.
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