Inspirational Quotes about Life and Struggles to Never Give Up!

With the widespread use of social media, more often than not we are prone to believing that everyone else's life is perfect (unlike ours) and that the whole world has life figured out (except us). 

It is easy to get wrapped around a not so healthy mindset when we have a setback in life or things don't go exactly how we pictured them. It’s only human to feel disappointed if we didn't get a job we dreamed about for a long time, or if a relationship we thought was for the long term dissolves unexpectedly. Sometimes in life there’s a situation where we worked really hard for something, yet it seems like no matter what we just don't get the break we need. 

These feelings are all very normal, and they’re things that almost every single human on the planet goes through at some point. Yet for most of us, it can be very hard and complicated to come to terms with those feelings. Perhaps some of us were taught very well how to deal with those feelings, but many others maybe just learned to smile and pretend that everything is great. It might sound a bit intense saying that out loud, but unfortunately this is the reality of many of us. That’s why it’s so important to recognize the negativity of these thoughts and to put them in perspective!

 While dealing with unresolved feelings and trying to overcome life struggles, it is quite easy (and very natural) to become even more depressed or sad in the process, especially when not knowing which exact and definitive steps to take in order to change how we feel. We as humans often are not born equipped to process these things, and we need to develop the skills to wait for things to improve. Patience is a virtue, I have heard, but it's way easier said than done! Still, it’s extremely important that we at least start to work on the way we approach our more negative thoughts, so we can better understand and change them.

So, how can we change our own damaging repetitive thought patterns? We will all face challenges in life and need to handle obstacles while coming on top, and it’s most important that we not let these things affect us tremendously psychologically. 

I think one of the best ways to start this process is to hear the positive thoughts of other people, who have reached a point in their life and their mindset where it’s possible to reflect and express how to begin this ourselves. To do just that, I’ve decided to write this article and share a list of the best inspirational quotes about life and struggles, that will hopefully make you feel better and stronger while facing adversity. After all, everyone needs a little inspiration to get started!

How can quotes help us overcome our struggles in life? 

There are many life-guidance experts and self-help books you could refer to for help when life gets tough, but I prefer journaling some of my favorite  inspirational life quotes about struggles. I find writing, reading, and repeating them to be very uplifting, and you can always customize and make them your own while also writing down some of your own thoughts. The goal is to feel uplifted and inspired, and that works best when it comes from within!

Focusing on our words and how they can change our mindset can be tremendously helpful when dealing with adversity. Reading the thoughts and words of other people who have lived similar experiences or have felt the same way will not only help us not to feel alone but will give us an insight into what they learned from it. It will plant the seed in our minds and souls of believing that if they could face adversity and succeed, why couldn’t we do the same?! And little by little and day by day, you’ll start to feel your mindset improving and you experience the power of motivational quotes to help you overcome your life difficulties. These words, affirmations, mantras, and inspirational quotes about life and struggles won’t necessarily completely change your life overnight, but they’re a great step in the right direction. A healthy and focused mind can do wonders for your life, and you’ll feel the repercussions in every part of your day.

 We all need to start somewhere, and believing in the power of the words and a positive mindset is a great first step!

73+ Best Inspirational Quotes about Life and Struggles

“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”― Oprah Winfrey

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.”―Demi Lovato

“You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination.” ― Ralph Marston

“We must be relentless and resilient”.― Toto Wolff

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill

“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ―E. M. Forster

“No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.”― Demi Lovato

“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different actions or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” ― Norman Vincent Peale

“When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid”. ― Audre Lorde

“A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars”. ― Carly Simon

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” ― Newt Gingrich

“There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths”. ― Sonia Sotomayor

“I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today”― Dwayne Jonhson.

“I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” ― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”― H. G. Wells

“God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty.”― Peter Marshall

“There is no success without hardship.” ―Sophocles

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”―Khalil Gibran

“I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.”―Nathaniel Rateliff

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” ― Maya Angelou

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”― Gail Devers

“Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”― Marie Curie

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“In a time of destruction, create something.”― Maxine Hong Kingston

“The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.”―Tyler Perry

“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.” ― Will Rogers

“Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.” ― Bernadette Devlin

“I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.”―Lady Gaga

“Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how very much you are able to do.”―Ralph Marston

“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

“Striving for success is healthy - but believing you need to succeed the first time around may backfire. Mentally strong people believe failure is part of the process toward a long journey to success. By viewing failure as a temporary setback, they're able to bounce back and move forward with ease.” ―Amy Morin

“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

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.”―Paulo Coelho

“I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter's tough, but spring's coming. I believe that there's a growing season. And I think that you realize that in life, you grow. You get better.”― Steve Southerland

“Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.” ―Martha Beck

“There's a time in your life where you're not quite sure where you are. You think everything's perfect, but it's not perfect... Then one day you wake up and you can't quite picture yourself in the situation you're in. But the secret is, if you can picture yourself doing anything in life, you can do it.”― Tom DeLonge

“The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph

“Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.”―Thich Nhat Hanh

“Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.”―Robert Collier

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”―Helen Keller

“If you're reading this...

Congratulations, you're alive.

If that's not something to smile about,

then I don't know what it is.” ― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head

“Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“It can be easy to get swept up into catastrophizing the situation once your thoughts become negative. When you begin predicting doom and gloom, remind yourself that there are many other potential outcomes.”―Amy Morin

“Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!”―Stevie Wonder

“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight, that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still may not know where we are going to. But the miracle is in the unfolding of the wings. You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.” ― C. JoyBell C.

“Every day's a new day.” ―Nathan Chen

“If in trouble, focus on where you want to be rather than where you are!” ― Somya Kedia

“Don't go through life, grow through life.” ―Eric Butterworth

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”― Ben Okri

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal.”― Nathan Chen

“No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.”― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.”―Leah LaBelle

“If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”―William J. Clinton

“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.”―Chantal Sutherland

“There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.”―Amy Morin

“Endings are always tough, but I believe when something ends, there are new beginnings, new opportunities and new things to be excited for, too.”―Mike Fisher

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”―Confucius

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”― Martin Luther King, Jr.

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”― Eleanor Roosevelt

“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”―Betty White

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”― Og Mandino

“to love life, to love it even

when you have no stomach for it

and everything you've held dear

crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,

your throat filled with the silt of it.

When grief sits with you, its tropical heat

thickening the air, heavy as water

more fit for gills than lungs;

when grief weights you like your own flesh

only more of it, an obesity of grief,

you think, How can a body withstand this?

Then you hold life like a face

between your palms, a plain face,

no charming smile, no violet eyes,

and you say, yes, I will take you

I will love you, again.” ― Ellen Bass

“Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.” ―Marta

“Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

“The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at”. ―Jesse Owens

“A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.”―B. F. Skinner

“I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?”―Soledad O'Brien

“Hard times always lead to something great.” – Betsey Johnson

“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ―Francis of Assisi

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Laura 

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