Motivational Quotes and Sayings for Inspiration During the Times of Struggle

Introduction

In times when life is full of struggles, we often find it impossible to think of times we will ever feel good again. We seem to forget the truth that life was never sunshine and rainbows for anyone! In short, life is full of challenges that call for taking risks and struggling is just a common part of heritage we all share! We are not alone in the journey of life and struggles.

In times of pain and grief there is something about motivational quotes that make them so dear to us! We all procrastinate when we are struggling with our life. Upon feeling helpless and demotivated we eventually figure out sites or a whole lot of feel-good time wasters on internet to let go of our worries!

However, browsing endless motivational quotes and phrases can sometimes nourish our minds with words that suddenly brighten our mood and lift our spirits.

Sometimes in times of dire worry and struggle, motivational quotes feel like our own opinions making their way back to us.

These inspirational quotes may be augmented by someone having a knack for writing but they definitely shared our mindset. This quality of motivational quotes make them so encouraging and lasting. Right quotes at the right time do matter a lot! They can motivate us in tough times and encourage us to take needed actions.

So if you are looking for a sudden boost to kick-start your day or raise your confidence to take a big decision, these quotes are exactly what you need!

Let us start or article by a quote to encourage you to put these quotations into your practice in your everyday life.

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.” – Anton Chekhov.

1. “Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop.” – Ziad K. Abdelnour
2. “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King
3. “The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” – Abraham Lincoln
4. “Our greatest glory is not in ever falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
5. “Some roses grow through concrete. Remember that.” – Brandi L. Bates
6. “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
7. “We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.” – William J. Brennan, Jr.
8. “Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got.” – R. Brault
9. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert Schuller
10. “When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.” – Les Brown

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa

11. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
12. “The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph
13. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
14. “Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, hard times, and good times. If you are going through hard times, have faith that good times are on the way.” – Unknown
15. “Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is.” – Anne Frank
16. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
17. “It’s funny how, when things seem the darkest, moments of beauty present themselves in the most unexpected places.” – Karen Marie Moning
18. “Hard times always lead to something great.” – Betsey Johnson
19. “Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.” — Mark Twain

20. “When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out.”— Eleanor Roosevelt
21. “When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale
22. “It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson
23. “Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together.”—Diane McLaren
24. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
25. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
26. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
27. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
28. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie
29. “Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge

“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers

30. “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” —John Wooden
31. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
32. “Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella
33. 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
34. In any situation, there is a sacred-solution. – Lailah Gifty Akita
35. In everybody’s life, there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive. – Haruki Murakami
36. Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait. – Martin Luther King Jr.
37. Always think extra hard before crossing over to a bad side, if you were weak enough to cross over, you may not be strong enough to cross back! – Victoria Addino
38. 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, bought at great price, but cannot be acquired in any other way. – Steve Goodier
39. . When I am struggling with my life I look up towards the sky and say; Lord you take over. – Joan Disantis

When nothing goes right, you have to face forward and take it on head first. – Kyo Shirodaira

40. Your strength will be found when you stop struggling with yourself, instead of thinking everyone is a struggle worth overcoming. Every obstacle in life is a lesson that teaches us, not others. – Shannon L. Alder
41. Whenever you feel a little stricken down in pain, think about this. The knife has to be sharpened by striking and rubbing it against something strong before it can become useful. You are going to be great after the struggles. – Israelmore Ayivor
42. There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
43. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” – Camilla Eyring Kimball
44. “The most wasted of days is one without laughter.” – E.E. Cummings
45. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.” – Hafez
46. “Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” – John Barrymore
47. “Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.” – Jim Rohn
48. “Life changes very quickly, in a very positive way, if you let it.” – Lindsey Vonn
49. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” – Helen Keller

“Impossible is for the unwilling.” – John Keats

The Motivational Quotes and Sayings for Inspiration During the Times of Struggle can Change Your Life 

50. “No pressure, no diamonds.” – Thomas Carlyle
51. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
52. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote
53. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
54. “When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.” – Carol Burnett
55. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
56. “Stay foolish to stay sane.” – Maxime Lagacé
57. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs
58. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
59. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

60. “Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.” – André Gide
61. “I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.” Rosa Parks
62. “Being happy never goes out of style.” Lilly Pulitzer
63. “Life is either a great adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller
64. “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” Maya Angelou
65. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” Mark Twain
66. “I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.” Ann Richards
67. “Never lose sight of the face that the most important yard stick to your success is how you treat other people.” Barbara Bush
68. “All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.” Johnny Cash
69. “I don’t go by the rule book…I lead from the heart, not the head.” Princess Diana

“The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation.” Eudora Welty

70. “If I’d have done all the things I was supposed to have done, I’d be really tired.” Willie Nelson
71. “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain
72. “Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
73. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive.” – Maya Angelou
74. “You are enough just as you are.” – Meghan Markle
75. “To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” – Wilson Kanadi
76. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” – Demi Lovato
77. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
78. “Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
79. “No guts, no story.” – Chris Brady

“Keep going. Be all in.” – Bryan Hutchinson

80. “Leave no stone unturned.” – Euripides
81. “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
82. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
83. “You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown
84. “If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” — Steve Jobs
85. “Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.” ―Vernon Sanders Law
86. “To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.” —Dorothy West
87. “Goal set“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. “ — Alexander Graham Bell
88. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
89. “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho

90. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
91. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins
92. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And 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. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs ting is the secret to a compelling future.” — Tony Robbins
93. “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. “ — Alexander Graham Bell
94. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn
95. “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson
96. “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho
97. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison
98. “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins
99. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And 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. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs
“The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.” – Wilma Rudolph

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