30 Inspirational Quotes to Lift You Up When You Feel Defeated

"The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places."

- Ernest Hemingway

"God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message. He takes the trials and tests and turns them into a testimony."

- Christine Caine

"Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God."

- Corrie ten Boom

"God can restore what is broken and change it into something amazing. All you need is faith."

- Joel Osteen

"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

- Mother Teresa

"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

"The sun shines not on us but in us."

- John Muir

"Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

- Richard E. Byrd

"Strength grows in the moment you think you can’t go on, but you keep going anyway."

- Karen Salmansohn

"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

- Maya Angelou

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

- Thomas Edison

"Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure."

- Brian Tracy

"Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality."

- Bruce Lee

"Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent."

- Marilyn vos Savant

"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts."

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

- William James

"Know what sparks the light in you. Then use that light to illuminate the world."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Defeat begins with the fear that one has lost."

- Kaba Abe

"Defeat isn’t bitter if you don’t swallow it."

- Grenville Kleiser

"Defeat your fears and you can never be defeated."

- Jeffrey Fry

"To be defeated and yet not surrender, is victory."

- Jozef Pilsudski

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

"Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated."

- Henry Rollins

"You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit."

- Paulo Coelho

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end."

- Fernando Sabino

"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle."

- Christian D. Larson

"You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious."

- Joel Osteen

"Every defeat every heartbreak every loss contains its own seed, Its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

- Og Mandino

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even."

- Muhammad Ali

"God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile."

- Max Lucado

"Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them."

- Elisabeth Elliot

"Sometimes God lets you hit rock bottom so that you will discover that He is the Rock at the bottom."

- Tony Evans

"When we are weak, we rely on God to be strong for us."

- Rick Warren

"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."

- John Piper

"You are not alone in this. God is with you and has a purpose for your pain."

- Charles Stanley

"God’s plans for you are better than any plans you have for yourself. So don’t be afraid of God’s will, even if it’s different from yours."

- Greg Laurie

"The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us."

- Billy Graham

"God’s timing is perfect. Trust His delays. He’s got you."

- Rick Warren

"When you go through deep waters, I will be with you."

- Isaiah 43:2

"God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness."

- 2 Corinthians 12:9

"The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer is God!"

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

"God’s love for you is immeasurable, unstoppable, and unconditional. Trust in His plan."

- Joyce Meyer

"The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens. Don’t give up."

"When everything seems like it’s falling apart, that’s when God is putting things together just the way He wants it."

"I want to see what happens if I never give up."

"Let your faith be bigger than your fear."

"You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it."

"When the world says “give up”, Hope whispers “try one more time”."

"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."

"There is nothing in nature that blooms all year round. So don’t expect yourself to do so."

"All stress comes from wanting something to be different than it is."