200+ MOTIVATIONAL QAUOTES WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH TO INSPIRE IN HARD TIMES

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WHEN LIFE GETS TOUGH QUOTES

“Life is tough so get tougher.”
“When life’s tough remember you are tougher.”
“When life gets too hard to stand… Kneel and pray!”
“When life gets harder, challenge yourself to be stronger.”
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.”
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H Schuller
“True love is when you’re there for each other when life gets tough.”
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joseph Kennedy
“When life gets hard, don’t wish it to be easier, decide to be stronger.”
“This too shall pass. It might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.”
“In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.” – Theresa May
“The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.” – Tyler Perry
“What a beautiful thing it is to be able to stand tall and say, I fell apart, but I survived…”
“When life gets tough, pause and remember how blessed you truly are. God will provide.”
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison
“When life gets tough then close your eyes and remember, you were born to fight and get going.”
“When life gets hard, try to remember, the life you complain about is only a dream to some people.”
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
“You must tell yourself, no matter how hard it is, or how hard it gets, I’m going to make it.” – Les Brown
“It’s hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can’t understand.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
“Life is tough, and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives.” – Suga
“The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson, don’t give up in the middle.”
“Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
“The good life is not built on a foundation of ease… it’s the hard times that give us a rock-solid foundation.” – Richie Norto
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be a reality.” – Lao Tzu
“Sometimes it’s tough to explain what’s going on in your head when you don’t even understand it yourself.” – Karen Salmansohn
“Tough times are like physical exercise. You may not like it while you are doing it, but tomorrow you will be stronger because of it.”
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epictetus
“Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you’re going to fight to get them right.” – Thisuri Wanniarachchi
“All warriors of a free life share a hardcore mantel that brindles them through troubled times.” – Kilroy J. Oldster, ‘Dead Toad Scrolls’, 2015
“Nothing good comes cheaply, so we shouldn’t be surprised when we meet the hard while going for the best. Hard times are not quiet times.” – Terry Mark
“I get it now; I didn’t get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible… and enjoying everything in between.” – Mia Farrow
“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
“To succeed, you have to be willing 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
“I was taught that when your life gets tough, it means that it’s the beginning of the road to your unique success story. So don’t feel upset. Take up the challenge and grow from it!”
“When life gets hard, remember, there’s a lot of beauty left to see, tons of adventures to be had, and more love than you ever thought possible, if you just hand on.” – Lori Deschene
“Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal loans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising”.” – Martha Beck
“This too, shall pass. When things are bad, remember: It won’t always be this way. Take one day at a time. When things are good, remember: It won’t always be this way. Enjoy every great moment.”
“When life gets tough and the burdens on your shoulder drag you down, remind yourself to fall on your knees and look up to the God who uplifts and encourages you to get up again.” – Rachel Brookes
“The way I see it, hard times aren’t only about money, or drought, or dust. Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.” – Karen Hesse, ‘Out of the Dust’, 1997
“If you are feeling low or trampled, unappreciated or forgotten, and you are reading this, realize it is an illusion. The hope is real, you are valued, and what lies ahead is brilliance.” – Tom Althouse
“[He] comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” – 2 Corinthians 1:4 (Bible Verses)
“When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe
“I was heart broken, scared, I had a lot of anxiety, I was worried, I felt weak, and I had no idea how I was ever going to come up with the strength. But I just closed my eyes, and took a blind leap. I knew I had to get out of there.” – Casey
“Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up, as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky, ‘Notes From Underground’, 1864
“Sometimes life becomes a bit difficult. There are hard times and even some little things can mess up your life. Make the best out of these moments. Don’t forget to smile. You can cry as loud as you want, but smile. Just stand up and go on. You can do everything you want.” – Miyavi
“When life gets tough, we do fall and forget to smile at all, inside we cry like a baby… heart says why always me… nothing seems right, how hard you try… Everything comes pale and dry, when it will be fine… Questions come in mind, when life gets tough, hard to cope up every time, but still have patience, make yourself tough… And never give up.”
“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” – Dolly Parton
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time, we fall.” – Confucius
“We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” – William J. Brennan, Jr.
“A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.” – Dan Rather
“Progress comes at a price. You have to be willing to make tough calls and take the hits.” – Aja Brown
“No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.” – LL Cool J.
“The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
“If things are going bad and life is tough, hang in there. Ride it out. Come out on top.” – Ashton Irwin, Twitter
“See your hard times through the spectacles of your experiences. They, too, shall pass away.” – Ogwo David Emenike
“Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” – Francis Bacon
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“If 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
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon
“Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
“We all have an unsuspected reserve of strength inside that emerges when life puts us to the test.” – Isabel Allende, ‘Island Beneath the Sea’, 2009
“Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it’s a small price to pay for living a dream.” – Peter McWilliams
“You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” – Joel Osteen
“When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be ground to stand. Or you will grow wings to fly.” – O.R. Melling
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. If one only remembers to turn on the light.” – J.K Rowling, ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’, 1999
“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” – Richard M. DeVos
“Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, ‘Okay, the world’s not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?’” – Amy Lee
“In life, I’m like Molly Brown. I’ve had tough times along the way and gone through experiences that many women have gone through. But I ain’t down yet.” – Debbie Reynolds
“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” – Paulo Coelho, ‘The Winner Stands Alone’, 2008
“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.” – Leroy Satchel Paige
“When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.” – Malcolm S. Forbes
“And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It’s all about light and shade. Balance.” – Gabrielle Williams
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over.” – Haruki Murakami, ‘Kafka on the Shore’, 2002
“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
“Trying to run away is never the answer to being fully human. Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life.” – Pema Chödrön, ‘When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult’, 1996
“Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.” – Gail Sheehy, Author
“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
“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered, there is opportunity for growth.”
“No one is going to hand me success. I must go out and get it myself. That’s why I’m here. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself.”
“We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” – William J. Brennan, Jr., Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
“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
“Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path, and you will find you have crossed the mountain.”
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne, Christopher Robin, ‘Christopher Robin’ (2018)
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr, Strength to Love, 1963
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is merely the comparison of one state to the other. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.” – Alexandre Dumas
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
“What to do when life gets tough: Allow yourself to feel bad. Refuse to be a victim. Be generous to yourself. Don’t compare yourself to others. Remember that great things take time. Be kind to yourself. Forget what people think about you. Do workout. Remember you’re stronger than you think.”
“Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.”
“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“You’ve got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.” – Tilman J. Fertitta
“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” – Ayn Rand
“Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“Let perseverance be your engine, and hope your fuel.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells, ‘The Wheel Of Chance’, 1896
“Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
“Life is tough, and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.” – Sebastian Pinera
“Having the ability to activate your faith in the midst of hard times in life is a blessing.” – Angel Moreira
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.” – Stephen Richards, ‘Cosmic Ordering’, 2009
“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” – Sydney Harris
“Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.” – Steve Goodier
“Just be prepared for a long and often uncertain journey. The good stuff doesn’t come easy.” – Tim Westergren
“There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” – William Frederick Halsey, Jr.
“Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start there.” – Cheryl Strayed, ‘Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar’, 2012
“If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, ‘Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life’, 1990
“When the going gets tough… May I remember that my life is what it is, not what I ask for. May I practice with what I’m given, rather than wish for something else. May I assume nothing. May I turn my gaze up to the sky above my head rather than down to the mess at my feet. When the going gets tough may I choose love over fear. Every time.” – Katrina Kenison
“If life gets too hard to stand, kneel.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
“Problems are not stop signs; they are guidelines.” – Robert Schuller
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A. Clark
“You are one decision away from a completely different life.” – Mel Robbins, ‘The 5 Second Rule.’ 2017
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Get out of your head and into your life. Fight, Grind, Repeat.” – Bobby Bones, ‘Fail Until You Don’t,’ 2018
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” – Richard L. Evans
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
“Tough times never last, but tough people do!” – Robert H. Schuller, ‘Tough times never last, but tough people do!’, 1993
“Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want.” – Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture, 2008
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon
“Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epicetus
“You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” – Joel Osteen
“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
“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.
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” – Haruki Murakami, Kafka On The Shore, 2002
“Have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don’t be afraid to fail.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger, ‘Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story,’
“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” – Paulo Coelho, ‘The Winner Stands Alone,’ 2008
“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J. K. Rowling, ‘Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination’
“When you encounter obstacles, don’t turn your back on them. Face them, confront them and you will see them dissolving in front of your eyes.” – Dr Roopleen, ‘Words to inspire the winner in YOU’ 2013
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” – Earl Nightingale
“Life is tough, darling, but so are you.” – Stephanie Bennett
“Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
“Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.” – Rumi
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” – Joe Girard
“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
“Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.” – Rafiki, ‘The Lion King.’ 1994
“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” – Paulo Coelho, ‘The Alchemist,’ 1988
“There’s no lemon so sour that you can’t make something resembling lemonade.” – Dr. K, ‘This is Us,’ 2016-present
“You can’t just skip ahead to where you think your life should be.” – Lily Aldrin, ‘How I Met Your Mother,’ 2005-2014
“You start with a darkness to move through, but sometimes the darkness moves through you.” – Dean Young, ‘Skid,’ 2002
“Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.” – Frances Rodman
“Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” – Lou Holtz
“If you are a fighter…You are gonna lose some fights…But what did you learn?” – Andy Frisella, ‘Losses Vs. Failures.’ 13 December 2020
“Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn’t mean they’re lost forever.” – Professor X, ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ 2014
“We can’t retract the decisions we’ve made. We can only affect the decisions we’re going to make from here.” – Nick Rice, ‘Law Abiding Citizen,’ 2009
“It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part.” – Jogging Baboon, ‘Bojack Horseman,’ 2014-2020
“If you don’t like your destiny, don’t accept it. Instead have the courage to change it the way you want it to be.” – Naruto Uzumaki, ‘Naruto,’ 2002-2007
“Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing, ‘The Imitation Game,’ 2015
“If 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, ‘Softly and Tenderly,’ 2010
“But if you never try, you’ll never know Just what you’re worth. Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you.” – Coldplay, ‘Fix You,’ 2005
“Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, everything will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever.” – Ernest Hemingway
“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
“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.” – Dr Roopleen, ‘Words to inspire the winner in YOU’ 2013
“We face up to awful things because we can’t go around them. The sooner you say ‘Yes, it happened, and there’s nothing I can do about it,’ the sooner you can get on with your own life.” – Annie Proulx, ‘The Shipping News’, 1993
“And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It’s all about light and shade. Balance.” – Gabrielle Williams, ‘Beatle Meets Destiny,’ 2009
“If you want to do something that requires willpower—like going for a run after work—you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.” – Charles Duhigg, ‘The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business,’ 2012
“Nobody is gonna hit as hard as life, but it ain’t how hard you can hit. It’s how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s how much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” – Rocky Balboa, ‘Rocky Balboa,’ 2006
“If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” – Tim Ferris, ‘Why Bigger Goals = Less Competition (Plus: Major Media Opp.)’ 19 June 2008
“Meet problems and obstacles as they arise. The test of a successful person is not the ability to eliminate all problems before he takes action, but rather the ability to find solutions to difficulties when he encounters them.” – David J. Schwartz, ‘The Magic of Thinking Big,’ 1959
“All things are difficult before they are easy.” – Thomas Fuller
“You just can’t beat the person who won’t give up.” – Babe Ruth
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” – James Michener
“Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” – Jack Ma
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, Old Town Folks, 1869
“Seven times down eight times up like the Daruma doll.” – Chris Bradford, ‘Young Samurai: The Way Of The Warrior,’ 2008
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
“Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow’” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“When you are on a down swing, do not feel bad. Know the swing will change and things will get better. There are good times coming.” – Bob Proctor
“You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don’t give up.” – Chuck Yeager
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!” – Dr. Seuss
“Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” – Roy T. Bennett, ‘The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life,’ 2020
“Stand up to an obstacle. Just stand up to it, that’s all, and don’t give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break, and it won’t be you, it will be the obstacle.” – Norman Vincent Peale, ‘The Power of Positive Thinking,’ 2007
“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on despite all opposition until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons.” – Napoleon Hill, ‘Napoleon Hill’s How to Think and Grow Rich,’ 2013