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However painful they are, setbacks, failures, and tragedies are a part of life. Life has a way of kicking us when we’re down, but reading uplifting quotes will help you pick yourself up agin.
If you’re going through a rough time, finding something to give you a little lift can help you remember that life isn’t always bad. These seemingly endless stretches of fear, disappointment, pain, and heartache are just brief moments of time that will soon pass.
We’ve put together a list of the very best uplifting quotes for difficult times. Whatever you’re facing, we’re here to inspire you.
Uplifting Quotes
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington
“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
“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
“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
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn
“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
“The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.” – Unknown
“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” – L.M. Montgomery
“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” – Elie Weisel
“Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.” – John H. Groberg
Quotes to Overcome Adversity
“Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.” – Publilius Syrus
“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.” – Ulysses S. Grant
“He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” – William Samuel Johnson
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb
“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.” – William Hazlitt
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
“Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” – Jewish Proverb
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” – Seneca
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert Schuller
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
“Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” – Francis Bacon
“We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quotes about Pushing Through
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert Schuller
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
“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
“Use what you’ve been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable!” – Yvonne Pierre
“The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epicetus
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
“Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
“The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you’ll see there’s a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.” – Deepak Chopra
“It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop.” – Confucius
“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” – Mary Engelbreit
“To succeed, you have 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
Quotes about Learning from Difficult Times
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” – Albert Schweitzer
“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
“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
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” – Robert Frost
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“To have darkness behind me, in front of me a bright sky, flickering lights on the water and to feel it on the stony face of the southern sun.” – Julia Hartwig
“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.” – Jacques Prevert
“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
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” – James Allen
“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
“When the going gets tough – the tough get going!” – John Belushi, Animal House
“The oak sleeps in the acorn. The bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of reality.” – Napoleon Hill
We hope you enjoyed these uplifting quotes! Did we miss anything? Share your favorite uplifting quote with us in the comments!
Quincy is KIM's lead editor and content writer, and has invested in online properties since 2009. Quincy holds an MBA from the University of Dundee and an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and lives in San Antonio with his wife Natalie and his dog Oban. When not working on KIM, he enjoys traveling, poker, and anything related to crypto.
Thanks for all these wonderful quotes. Over years I’ve compiled a great number of quotes, humorous and serious, dealing with success and achievement, religion and philosophy, and many other topics. It’s wonderful to reflect on the wonderful thoughts of others. If I may add one of my own: I firmly believe almost anyone can achieve great things, physically or intellectually. It may take longer than for another individual, or may require greater effort, but it can still be accomplished. –Bill Zappa
Quotes are daily source of motivation. One who have a habit to read them, always find a great wisdom from a single line quores. Personally read this quote by Thomas Edison when feeling like a looser-“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Sometimes you find yourself in situations that you think you one may drown but after reading your uplifting words i think there is a better tomorrow for me.Thank You..
If you’re having a bad day. Like for kids if they have a test coming up & didn’t do well. One of there friends might say this idom There is always a silver lining. Or for adults they got a ticket but before you know it you might win a lottery ticket or you might find a 20 dollar bill. I always liked this idol & when I was in school it helped me. Maybe I had a bad day & I couldn’t wait to see my mom & get my favorite drink. Or maybe I had a tough day but in between classes there might be a bake sale & I would treat myself which made me happy but I also knew I was helping them to which made me happy. Thanks to my speech teacher from school & it makes life easier for me to handle & made me ?.
we should always learn to remember that what counts in our lives is not the mere fact that we have lived but the difference we have made in other people’s lives determines the significance of the life we lived.
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Charles Spurgeon
You’re never without hope as long as you believe that every dream lost a new one will take it’s place, for every problem a solution will a rise, like an angle watching over us, helps seems to materialize when you need it the most.
It may not always come exactly when you want it, but when it comes, it comes right on time.
I don’t believe in mistakes, it’s God way of telling you you’re going in the wrong direction.
Your sister in law is someone you need to keep out of your life. She is toxic and is likely missing gray matter….
Put your relationship with her in a box, and give it to God.
Nothing you do will change her.
Thank you!
It’s very helpful for me to read this kind of inspiring quotes ..it’s serves me as a fuel to start a new day and to don’t stop believing that all things would be fine
My soul has been blessed ,,, the quotes are inspiring and life touching . May God bless you guys …. keep giving us more
“I’m not prepared to give up just yet.”
This is awesome…
It give me more strenght to be going…
This has helped me a lot. Thank you
I love every quote. So inspirational.
Awesome quotable quotes. Very inspiring, comforting and empowering.
I really enjoy these short quotes… there are uplifting to the mind and soul
It’s an urge to be told everyone has felt it “Don’t you quit, keep going keep moving God is with you
These quotes helped a lot! I’m only a teenager and I’ve been going through a lot these days. Thanks for these!
These quotes give strength to the weak and power to the powerless
Thanks for all these wonderful quotes. Over years I’ve compiled a great number of quotes, humorous and serious, dealing with success and achievement, religion and philosophy, and many other topics. It’s wonderful to reflect on the wonderful thoughts of others. If I may add one of my own: I firmly believe almost anyone can achieve great things, physically or intellectually. It may take longer than for another individual, or may require greater effort, but it can still be accomplished. –Bill Zappa
The darkest part of the night come before the dawn
I remember who side it so author Unknown .
Quotes are daily source of motivation. One who have a habit to read them, always find a great wisdom from a single line quores. Personally read this quote by Thomas Edison when feeling like a looser-“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Good job, Thank you
God never fails pray like you facing a trouble as always
Sometimes you find yourself in situations that you think you one may drown but after reading your uplifting words i think there is a better tomorrow for me.Thank You..
These quotes are dead on when it comes to life’s fickle moods. I’ve been knocked down and kicked over and over and always find comfort in quotes.
Your teachings were great they motivated in my downfalls, I already got lifted up by just going through all of them
I’m heartly salute your thoughts.
only the strong and tough will make it to the top.So keep pushing and never give up.
If you’re having a bad day. Like for kids if they have a test coming up & didn’t do well. One of there friends might say this idom There is always a silver lining. Or for adults they got a ticket but before you know it you might win a lottery ticket or you might find a 20 dollar bill. I always liked this idol & when I was in school it helped me. Maybe I had a bad day & I couldn’t wait to see my mom & get my favorite drink. Or maybe I had a tough day but in between classes there might be a bake sale & I would treat myself which made me happy but I also knew I was helping them to which made me happy. Thanks to my speech teacher from school & it makes life easier for me to handle & made me ?.
we should always learn to remember that what counts in our lives is not the mere fact that we have lived but the difference we have made in other people’s lives determines the significance of the life we lived.
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
Charles Spurgeon
You’re never without hope as long as you believe that every dream lost a new one will take it’s place, for every problem a solution will a rise, like an angle watching over us, helps seems to materialize when you need it the most.
It may not always come exactly when you want it, but when it comes, it comes right on time.
I don’t believe in mistakes, it’s God way of telling you you’re going in the wrong direction.
Beautiful inspiring words
Never give up and chase that dream, and I will
Love this! From the poem Don’t Quit: “When things go wrong as they sometimes will……rest if you must but don’t quit.”
Failure teaches success.
-Chinese Proverb
The night becomes darker before it becomes dawn. Always rise to the challenge never let challenge defeat you.
The qoutes just wiped the worst pain that was in my heart and made me believe that im a human being and im capable of doing anything
Great quotes!! Really can lift a person from darkness.
Nice quotes……….
I really felt better after reading such uplifting words.Truly life goes on forward not backward change belongs to present and future not the past.
When people judge you,don’t feel bad jst know that somthing is wrong with them so they judge you to make themselves feel better
So true. I’m 60 and my sister in law once told me I was too old to get married. The other day she told me I was too old to get a good job.
Your sister in law is someone you need to keep out of your life. She is toxic and is likely missing gray matter….
Put your relationship with her in a box, and give it to God.
Nothing you do will change her.
You said it Lexi! You said it perfectly:)
Don’t wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.
KNOWLEDGE IS GAINED BY OTHER PEOPLE’S REALITY
BE THE TESTIMONY IN ONES LIFE AND SHOW THEM GOD’S WORK IN YOU
Thank you!
It’s very helpful for me to read this kind of inspiring quotes ..it’s serves me as a fuel to start a new day and to don’t stop believing that all things would be fine
the quotes are inspiring and life touching. I would like to have some in my mail box please. Thanks