We all have struggles in life. No one’s journey is perfect. But what we can do is find inspiration in the hardships we face. These quotes about life and struggles will remind you that you’re not alone and that you can overcome anything. Read on for some words of wisdom from some of history’s great thinkers.
Quotes about Life and Struggles
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph! What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.” -Thomas Paine
” Life is full of hardships and struggles. Only those who are strong enough to face them with courage and determination can achieve success.”- Unknown
“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant
“I have failed again and again throughout my life. That’s why I’ve been successful.” -Michael Jordan
“From what we get, we can make a living. What we give, however, makes a life.” -Arthur Ashe
“You are never too old to set new goals or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“I have learned throughout my life as much from my failures as from my successes. As long as I can learn from my mistakes, I know I will be able to keep improving and moving forward.” -Michael Jordan
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -Steve Jobs
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”- Steve Jobs
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Rob Siltanen
“So be a mirror reflecting yourself back, and remembering the times when you thought all of this was too hard and that you’d never make it through. Remember the times you could have pressed quit – but you hit continue.” -Shane Koyczan
Quotes about Conflict and Resolution
“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” -Larry Bird
“I am not a failure because I have failed, I am a failure because I have given up.” -Denis Waitley
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -Steve Jobs
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” -Theodore Roosevelt
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”- Rob Siltanen
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” -John Green
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” -Alexander Pope
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”- Buddha
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” -Paul Boese
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” -Unknown
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.” -Cherie Carter-Scott
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -Lewis B. Smedes
“The greatest lesson in life is to know how to give out love, and let it come in.”- Morrie Schwartz
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”- Lucille Ball
“I think the biggest mistake we make in our relationship with ourselves is that we wait to be perfect before we allow ourselves to fully love and accept who we are.” -Brene Brown
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”- Rumi
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.”- Eden Ahbez
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”- Martin Luther King Jr.
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”- Oscar Wilde
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”-African proverb
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”- Goethe
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”- Friedrich Nietzsche
“In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.”- Oscar Wilde
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”- Unknown
Quotes about Moving Forward
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” -Steve Jobs
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” -Steve Jobs
“If you are working on something that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” -Steve Jobs
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”- Rob Siltanen
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”- Ernest Hemingway
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.” -John Green
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” -Alexander Pope
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”- Buddha
“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” -Paul Boese
“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” -Unknown
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.” -Cherie Carter-Scott
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” -Lewis B. Smedes
“The greatest lesson in life is to know how to give out love, and let it come in.”- Morrie Schwartz
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.”- Lucille Ball
“I think the biggest mistake we make in our relationship with ourselves is that we wait to be perfect before we allow ourselves to fully love and accept who we are.” -Brene Brown
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”- Rumi
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.”- Eden Ahbez
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”- Martin Luther King Jr.
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”- Oscar Wilde
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”-African proverb
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.”- Goethe
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”- Friedrich Nietzsche
“In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.”- Oscar Wilde
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”- Unknown
Quotes about Resilience
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”- Steve Jobs
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” -Albert Einstein
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” -Theodore Roosevelt
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” -Unknown
“It’s not about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving.”- Sylvester Stallone
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”- Winston Churchill
“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
“Getting knocked down is a given. Getting up and moving on is a choice.” -Viktor Frankl
Quotes about Goals
If you don’t have any goals, it’s very easy to become bogged down by the mundane tasks of everyday living. But if you have something to strive for, something that excites and inspires you, then suddenly every day is an opportunity to make progress towards your dreams. These quotes show us that setting and achieving goals is a key to happiness and success.
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” -Albert Einstein
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” -Napoleon Hill
“Your most important goals should be written in ink, not pencil.”- Unknown
“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
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” -Rob Siltanen
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” -Les Brown
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt
“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” -Maya Angelou
“Start with one step, just one. And then take the next one and keep going that way.” -Cheryl Strayed
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” -Lao Tzu
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” -Rob Siltanen
“I have failed again and again throughout my life. That’s why I’ve been successful” -Michael Jordan
Quotes about Friendship
Friendship is one of the most important things in life, and these quotes show us just how valuable it can be.
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”- Unknown
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”- African proverb
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.” -Unknown
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'”- C.S. Lewis
“Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.” – Anonymous
“Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” -Albert Camus
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not just in times of happiness.” -Euripides
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” -Thomas Aquinas
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” -Elbert Hubbard
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”- Henry Ford
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.” – Khalil Gibran
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not just in times of happiness.” -Euripides
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” -Thomas Aquinas
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” -Elbert Hubbard
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”- Henry Ford
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” – Hubert H. Humphrey
“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” – Aristotle
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“My friends are my estate.” – Emily Dickinson 1,830 miles away from my family, and the friends I’ve made here in college are the ones who have helped me get through tough times. They know me better than anyone else, and they accept me for who I am. That’s what true friendship is all about.
-Annie, freshman at Northeastern University
It’s hard to find true friends, but once you do, they are worth more than anything in the world. These quotes show just how special friendship can be. So cherish your friends, and let them know how much they mean to you!
