Inspiring Quotes to Overcome Life's Challenges

"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."

- Wayne Gretzky

"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

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

- Moliere

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

- Confucius

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

- Napoleon Hill

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice."

- Bob Marley

""Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.""

- Dale Carnegie

""If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.""

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

""I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.""

- Steve Jobs

""You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.""

- Maya Angelou

"I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’"

- Muhammad Ali

"All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

- Walt Disney

"Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity."

- Stephen R. Covey

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."

- Christopher Reeve

"I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it."

- Maya Angelou

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Oliver Goldsmith

"Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful."

- Zig Ziglar

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

"We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."

- Barbara de Angelis

"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity."

- Lou Holtz

"Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are."

- Bernice Johnson Reagon

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."

- Muhammad Ali

"Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records."

- William Arthur Ward

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

- Henry Ford

"Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

- Muhammad Ali

"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

- Buddha

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"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

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional."

- Roger Crawford

"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."

- Dale Carnegie

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

- Bruce Lee

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I built my life."

- J.K. Rowling

"You show me anybody that’s great in anything they do, I’ll show you somebody that’s persevered, demonstrated that mental toughness to overcome some obstacles and adversity."

- Sean McVay

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

- Marcus Aurelius

"Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."

- Michael Jordan

"Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters."

- Victor Hugo

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."

- Oprah Winfrey

"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."

- Michael Jordan

"In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create."

- Roy T. Bennett

"Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come."

- Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

"The most effective way to do it, is to do it."

- Amelia Earhart

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

- Bruce Lee

"Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

- Albert Einstein

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

- Chinese Proverb

"You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you."

- Mary Tyler Moore

"It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life story will develop."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

- Winston Churchill

"Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off."

- Mary Lou Retton

"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

"Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted."

- David Bly

"I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination."

- Jimmy Dean

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome."

- Booker T. Washington

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success."

- Rob Liano

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

- Robert F. Kennedy

"Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Perseverance is not a long race; it’s many short races one after the other."

- Walter Elliot

"When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about."

- Haruki Murakami

"It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change."

- Charles Darwin

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

- Albert Einstein

"Fall seven times, stand up eight."

- Japanese Proverb

"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

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

- Henry Ford

"Courage is the most important of all virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently."

- Maya Angelou

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

- Nelson Mandela

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

- Helen Keller

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light."

- Helen Keller

"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."

- Victor Hugo

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

- Charles Darwin

"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."

- Viktor Frankl

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

- Albert Einstein

"Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."

- John F. Kennedy

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

- Charles R. Swindoll

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

- Alan Watts

"The only constant in life is change."

- Heraclitus

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

- William Arthur Ward

"It’s not the situation, but whether we react negatively or respond positively to the situation, that is important."

- Zig Ziglar

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

- Winston Churchill

"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."

- Oprah Winfrey

"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."

- Stephen R. Covey

"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

- Napoleon Hill

"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

"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 hardship today."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."

- Desmond Tutu

"Once you choose hope, anything is possible."

- Christopher Reeve

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you."

- Walt Whitman

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within."

- Maya Angelou

"A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep."

- Vernon Howard

"Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable."

- Coco Chanel

"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them."

- Ann Landers

"Success is 99 percent failure."

- Soichiro Honda

""No one can take your self respect if you do not give it to them.""

- Gandhi

""Champions keep playing until they get it right.""

- Billie Jean King

""Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.""

- Scott Hamilton

""It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.""

- Confucius

""You aren’t going to find anybody that’s going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.""

- Lou Holtz

""Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.""

- Victor Hugo

""Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.""

- Theodore Roosevelt

""Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.""

- Julie Andrews Edwards

""In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.""

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

""The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.""

- John C. Maxwell

""Things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.""

- Charlie Jones

""It is absolutely essential to hang in there–especially when you feel most discouraged.""

- Steve Shallenberger

""Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.""

- Samuel Johnson

""There are two ways of attaining an important end: force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.""

- Sophie Swetchine

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."

- Robert Schuller

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

- Leo Tolstoy

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."

- Joyce Meyer

"Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with."

- Thomas Carlyle

""Failure is success in abeyance; but only for those who persevere.""

- Ashok Kallarakkal

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

- Zig Ziglar

"The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists."

- Japanese Proverb

"The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot."

- Benny Lewis

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Adversity is the mother of progress."

- Mahatma Gandhi

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

- Zig Ziglar

""The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.""

- Vince Lombardi

"Hope is the only thing stronger than fear."

- President Snow

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

- Scott Hamilton

"It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it."

- Lou Holtz

"Worry never accomplishes anything. When you have a problem, it is best to concentrate on the solution to that problem, not the problem itself."

- Thomas D. Willhite

""Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.""

- Horace

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all."

- Emily Dickinson

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

- C.S. Lewis

"Change is inevitable, growth is optional."

- John C. Maxwell

"In the garden of life, optimism blooms the most beautiful flowers of hope."

- Debasish Mridha

"Hope is the song the heart sings when the melody of life seems lost."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

""Success is something you attract by the person you become.""

- Jim Rohn

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

- Brian Tracy

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."

- Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us."

- John C. Maxwell

""No success was won without enthusiasm and perseverance.""

- Lailah Gifty Akita

""Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.""

- Thomas A. Edison

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

- Peter Drucker

"Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start."

- Nibo Qubein

"Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."

- Henry Ford

"Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter."

- Dan Reeves

""The difference between impossible and possible is a willing heart.""

- Lolly Daskal

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

- Steve Jobs

"Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths."

- Drew Barrymore

"Bravery is not the absence of fear but the forging ahead despite being afraid."

- Robert Liparulo

"True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is."

- Norman Schwarzkopf

"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."

- Albert Einstein

"Bravery is the audacity to be unhindered by failures and to walk with freedom, strength, and hope in the face of things unknown."

- Morgan Harper Nichols

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."

- Ambrose Redmoon

"Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up."

- Brené Brown

""Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.""

- Walter Elliot

"Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision."

- Winston S. Churchill

"The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

- R. G. Ingersoll

"Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same."

- Francesca Reigler

""In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions.""

- Tony Robbins

"Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person."

- Mother Teresa

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."

- Samuel Johnson

"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

- Sam Levenson

"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."

- Hans Selye

"Faith is the whisper of the heart when the world is loud with doubt."

- Terri Guillemets

"The darkest hour has only sixty minutes."

- Morris Mandel

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more."

- Alexandre Dumas

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."

- Herm Albright

""Perseverance is impossible if we don’t permit ourselves to hope.""

- Dean Koontz

"Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death."

- Omar Bradley

"Courage is found in unlikely places."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."

- Steve Jobs

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."

- African Proverb

"The only way to learn is to live."

- Alan Watts

"Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

- A.A. Milne

"He conquers who endures."

- Persius

"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. Time will pass anyway."

- Earl Nightingale

"Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength."

- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a burden but to turn it into a triumph."

- William Julius Wilson

"When the winds of difficulty blow, some build walls while others build windmills. Your attitude is the architect of your resilience."

- Chinese Proverb

"In order to carry a positive action, we must develop a positive vision."

- Dalai Lama

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

- Zig Ziglar

"In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on."

- Robert Frost

"In every success story, you will find someone who has made a courageous decision."

- Peter F. Drucker

""If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.""

- John Adams

"The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings."

- Kakuzo Okakura

"It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up."

"Strength does not come from the body. It comes from the will."

"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory."

"Your attitude determines your direction."

"In the marathon of life, endurance is not just a strategy; it’s the finish line."

"True strength is not the absence of pain, but the ability to push through it and emerge even stronger."

"Strength is not just about lifting weights; it’s about carrying the weight of life with grace and resilience."

"The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow."

"Hope is the anchor of the soul in the stormiest seas."

""Too many of us wait to do the perfect thing, with the result we do nothing. The way to get ahead is to start now.""

"Your attitude is like a price tag; it shows how valuable you are. Face challenges with a high-value mindset."

"In times of uncertainty, let hope be the compass that guides your heart."

"Faith is not the belief that everything will be okay, but the belief that you have the strength to make it through whatever comes your way."

"Positivity is the key that unlocks the door to a future filled with endless possibilities."

"In the face of adversity, your attitude is your best ally. Choose to be the captain of your thoughts and the master of your reactions."

"Adaptability is not about compromising your principles, but about finding new ways to apply them."

"Flexibility is the key to stability; bend and you won’t break."

"Hope is the heartbeat of the soul, a rhythm that keeps us dancing through even the darkest days."

"Adaptability is the ally of resilience; those who embrace change find strength in it."

"Your attitude determines your altitude; how high you rise is directly related to how positive your mindset is during challenges."

"Hope is the heartbeat of the soul, pulsating with the rhythm of resilience."

"Inner power is not a loud roar; it’s the quiet, unwavering confidence that speaks volumes in the face of doubt."

"The key to growth is acknowledging that knowledge has no finish line; it’s a lifelong journey."

"You are stronger than you know, more capable than you imagine, and destined for greatness beyond your dreams."

"In the garden of life, the most beautiful flowers often bloom after the harshest winters."

"Embrace the discomfort of the unknown; it’s the fertile ground where growth takes root."

"Strength is not loud and boastful; it’s silent, humble, and unyielding in the face of adversity."

"True growth is not escaping our challenges but facing them courageously and emerging stronger."

"The pursuit of knowledge is a path with no shortcuts; every step is a lesson waiting to be learned."

"The power within you is greater than any challenge in front of you. Tap into it, and you will conquer."

"Growth is not only about adding new chapters to your story but also about rewriting the ones that no longer serve you."

"Endurance is the bridge between where you are now and where you want to be."

"Patience is the key to unlocking the full potential of your journey."