100 BEST INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT LIFE AND STRUGGLES

   100 BEST INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT LIFE AND STRUGGLES

 

Life is no walk in the park. It comes with many with moments of joy and serenity, but it equally has its moments of strife and pain. Every single one of us will experience the good times, but the time will also come when we must face the challenges and struggles of life. And how we endure those challenges will make all the difference in how our life turns out.

Embrace the struggles, and you’ll make it through and eventually come out on top. Give way to them, and defeat will draw near. With that said, we’ve rounded some of the most inspirational quotes about life and struggles, to give you the strength to endure the setbacks, believe in yourself, and overcome the challenges of pursuing your dreams and striving to live a meaningful live.

 

 

1. “Embrace the struggle and let it make you stronger. It won’t last forever.” – Tony Gaskins

 

2. “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.” – Steve Maraboli

 

3. “In this life, happiness and joy can’t exist without struggle and pain. Even if you think you’re all alone in your struggle, you’re really not.” – Rebecca Crespo

 

4. “Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” – Anonymous

 

5. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown

 

6. “Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.” – Keanu Reeves

 

7. “Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.” – Anonymous

 

8. “The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Hellen Keller

 

9. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

 

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

 

11. “Struggling is not the identity. You must learn to live while struggle, such that anyone who sees you can separate the struggle from your life.” – Anonymous

 

12. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” – R. Brault

 

13. “I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.” – Anonymous

 

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

 

15. “Failure is not the opposite of success, it is part of success.” – Anonymous

 

16. “Don’t be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone.. – Andy Biersack

 

17. “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” – Randy Pausch

 

18. “Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.” – Diane Westlake

 

19. “Obstacles are the things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” – E. Joseph Cossman

 

20. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs

 

21. “Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.” – Anonymous

 

22. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein

 

23. “One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you don’t feel like doing it.” – Anonymous

 

24. “It is in the ‘valleys’ of your life that you can drink from God’s sweetest streams.” – Richard Daly

 

25. “Go where you are celebrated – not tolerated. If they can’t see the real value of you, it’s time for a new start.” – Anonymous

 

26. “Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.” – Mao Zedong

 

27. “The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.” – Anonymous

 

28. “Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.” – Anonymous

 

29. “Quit hanging on to the handrails. Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it everyday.” – Melody Beattie

 

30. “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.” – Anonymous

 

31. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield

 

32. “Life has a way of broadsiding us with lessons that we need to learn but would rather avoid.” – Craig Groeschel

 

33. “We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives.. Some lessons are painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless.” – Anonymous

 

34. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray

 

35. “When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!” – Anonymous

 

36. “I believe my life has no limits. I want you to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be.” – Nick Vujicic

 

37. “Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you are if you can’t see it yourself?” – Anonymous

 

38. “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Anonymous

 

39. “Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget

 

40. “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

 

41. “Walk away from anything or anyone who takes away from your joy. Life is too short to put up with fools.” – Anonymous

 

42. “When the past calls, let it go to voicemail, believe me, it has nothing new to say.” – Anonymous

 

43. “The biggest failure you can have in life is making the mistake of never trying at all.” – Anonymous

 

44. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

 

45. “Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.” – Anonymous

 

46. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I built my life.” – J.K. Rowling

 

47. “One of the best ways to reduce your struggles is to follow the number one rule of life. Do what makes you happy.” – Anonymous

 

48. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers

 

49. “People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Rob Siltanen

 

50. “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.” – Anonymous

 

 

51. “Sometimes life’s challenges are tough to deal with. You will succeed if you focus your thoughts on how to overcome the challenge.” – Catherine Pulsifier

 

52. “Great things never came from comfort zones.” –  Neil Strauss

 

53. “Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” – Iyanla Vanzant

 

54. “No one is going to hand me success. I must go out & get it myself. That’s why I’m here. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself.” – Anonymous

 

55. “Believing in yourself can be hard, especially when no one else believes in you, just be proud of who you are, and believe anything is possible if you put your mind to it.” – Rashida Rowe

 

56. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost

 

57. “Those who overcome great challenges will be changed, and often in unexpected ways. For our struggles enter our lives as unwelcome guests, but they bring valuable gifts. And once the pain subsides, the gifts remain. These gifts are life’s true treasures, brought at great price, but cannot be acquired in a any other way.” – Steve Goodier

 

58. “Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you can. Always remember, what goes around, comes around.” – Anonymous

 

59. “Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour

 

60. “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” – Joe Namath

 

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61. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

 

62. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

 

63. “Be someone’s strength. Be someone’s inspiration. Be someone’s reason to never give up.” – Anonymous

 

64. “Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

65. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

66. “Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.” – Les Brown

 

67. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” –  Mark Twain

 

68. “In the heart of every struggles lies an opportunity to grow.” – Melanie M. Koulouris

 

69. “Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.” – Jack London

 

70. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller

 

71. “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes

 

72. “No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better.” – Anonymous

 

73. “A ship is always safe a shore but that is not what it’s built for.” – Albert Einstein

 

74. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere

 

75. “Embrace the struggle… It is your greatest teacher.” – Russell Simmons

 

76. “It is clear that we must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

 

77. “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

 

78. “Life’s struggles are necessary for growth.” – Auliq Ice

 

79. “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch

 

80. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglas

 

81. “Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” – Cherokee Proverb

 

82. “Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.” – Marcus Aurelius

 

83. “Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do whatever it takes to make it happen.” – Anonymous

 

84. “You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.” – Mary Tyler Moore

 

85. “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…If you can wait and not be tired by waiting…If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim…If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you…Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.”  – Rudyard Kipling

 

86. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” – Denis Waitley

 

87. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca

 

88. “As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin

 

89. “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

 

90. “Tough times don’t define you, they refine you.” – Anonymous

 

91. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

 

92. “Struggle is inevitable, suffering is optional.” – Anonymous

 

93. “The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.” – Harry Golden

 

94. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

 

95. “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” -William Feather

 

96. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” – Lou Holtz

 

97. “Success is 99 percent failure.” – Soichiro Honda

 

98. “There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” – Paulo Coelho

 

99. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” – Booker T. Washington

 

100. “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” – Seneca

 

There you have it, some of the most inspirational quotes about life and struggles. We hope they provided you with the encouragement and inspiration to take on the challenges and struggles of life on a day to day basis!