Whether or not you’re feeling down and want a pick-me-up, otherwise you’re simply in search of a little bit of inspiration, these quotes will remind you that life is hard, however, you’re more durable. So don’t hand over; preserve preventing!
1. Carolina Herrera
“Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humor.”
2. Kenji Miyazawa
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”
3. Dr Roopleen
“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.”
4. Gordon B. Hinckley
“If life gets too hard to stand, kneel.”
5. Mel Robbins
“You are one decision away from a completely different life”
6. Henry Ford
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
7. Guillermo del Toro
“For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.”
8. Karen Hesse
“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.”
9. Haruki Murakami
“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.”
10. Joshua J. Marine.
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”
11. Martin Luther King
“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”
12. Bobby Bones
“Get out of your head and into your life. Fight, Grind, Repeat.”
13. T. J. Miller
“Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic”
14. Joel Osteen
“It’s a hard life if you don’t weaken.”
15. Oprah Winfrey
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
16. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.”
17. Steve Maraboli
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”
18. Greg Kincaid
“No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.”
19. Robert Jordan
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
20. Emil Dorian
“Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.”
21. Aidan Quinn
“Life is hard for everyone. That’s why there’s such a nice reward at the end of it.”
22. Richie Norton
“The good life is not built on a foundation of ease… it’s the hard times that give us a rock-solid foundation.”
23. Theresa May
“In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.”
24. Suga
“Life is tough, and things don’t always work out well, but we should be brave and go on with our lives.”
25. Terry Mark
“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.”
26. Becca Fitzpatrick
“I wondered why life had to suck so hard sometimes.”
27. Duke Ellington
“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
28. Mike Quade
“We’ve gotten through a lot of tough times, and we’re going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better.”
29. Robert Schuller
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.”
30. Dean Young
“You start with a darkness to move through but sometimes the darkness moves through you.”
31. Shaun Hick
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”
32. Anne F. Beiler
“My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.”