100+ Emotional Hard Days Quotes to Help You Through Tough Times

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers

“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

“I was absolutely terrified, but I continued anyway. That’s courage.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“Scars are proof that you survived.” – Unknown

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

“Resilience is knowing you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway

“Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II

“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.” – Pierre Auguste Renoir

“Those we love don’t go away; they walk beside us every day.” – Unknown

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A.A. Milne

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” – Unknown

“Grief is just love with nowhere to go.” – Jamie Anderson

“The best way to honor the dead is to live fully.” – Unknown

“Missing someone is a reminder that your heart can love deeply.” – Unknown

“Crying is how your body speaks when your mouth can’t explain the pain.” – Unknown

“Healing doesn’t mean the loss didn’t happen. It means it no longer controls your life.” – Unknown

“Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower, we will grieve not.” – William Wordsworth

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu

“Stars can’t shine without darkness.” – D.H. Sidebottom

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo

“There is always light if you’re brave enough to see it.” – Amanda Gorman

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.” – Emily Dickinson

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman

“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something is worth doing.” – Vaclav Havel

“In the middle of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

“When you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, be the light.” – Unknown

“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick against the wall, and begin again.” – Elizabeth Berg

“Light shines brightest in the darkest places.” – Unknown

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” – Hal Borland

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Courage doesn’t roar. Courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

“She wasn’t looking for a knight. She was looking for a sword.” – Atticus

“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” – Carl Jung

“You carry the strength you need within you.” – Unknown

“She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

“The strongest people aren’t those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.” – Unknown

“My scars remind me that I survived.” – Unknown

“I am not fragile. I am fiercely tender.” – Nayyirah Waheed

“I didn’t lose. I either won or learned.” – Nelson Mandela

“Healing takes time, and seeking help is a courageous step.” – Mariska Hargitay

“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, frustrated, and anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a weak person.” – Unknown

“Healing is not about moving on. It’s about learning to live with the pain.” – Unknown

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi

“Recovery is not a race. Take your time. Be kind to yourself.” – Unknown

“Healing begins where the wound was made.” – Alice Walker

“Letting go isn’t giving up, it’s accepting that there are things that cannot be.” – Unknown

“You are allowed to take up space while healing.” – Unknown

“Progress, not perfection.” – Unknown

“Healing is messy. It’s not linear. But it’s real.” – Unknown

“You don’t have to have it all figured out to move forward.” – Unknown

“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground.” – bell hooks

“Loneliness is not about being alone. It’s about feeling alone.” – Unknown

“Sometimes you feel like you’re going crazy because no one understands you. But that doesn’t mean you are.” – Unknown

“I smile because I have to, not because I want to.” – Unknown

“The worst kind of lonely is not being comfortable with yourself.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

“I’m tired of pretending I’m okay when I’m breaking inside.” – Unknown

“Being surrounded by people doesn’t stop loneliness.” – Unknown

“Silence is so loud when you’re lonely.” – Unknown

“I don’t want to talk. I want someone to know what I need without me saying it.” – Unknown

“Loneliness is the poverty of self.” – Martha Stout

“I feel invisible, like I don’t matter to anyone.” – Unknown

“Sometimes the person who looks the happiest needs someone the most.” – Unknown

“I’m not lonely because I’m alone. I’m lonely because my heart feels unheard.” – Unknown

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“Endure. Survive. Overcome.” – Unknown

“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph.” – Swami Sivananda

“I kept going because I knew stopping would hurt more than pushing forward.” – Unknown

“Great things come from hard work and perseverance.” – Kevin Hart

“Just keep swimming.” – Dory, Finding Nemo

“You don’t have to be fast. You don’t have to be strong. You just have to keep going.” – Unknown

“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Unknown

“Sometimes you cry not because you’re weak, but because you’ve been strong for too long.” – Unknown

“The deepest pain I have ever felt was when I tried to explain myself and nobody listened.” – Unknown

“Sadness is just a wall between two gardens.” – Khalil Gibran

“Behind every sweet smile, there may be a sad story.” – Unknown

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” – Haruki Murakami

“I wear my heart like a battle scar.” – Unknown

“The heart was made to be broken.” – Oscar Wilde

“It’s okay to not be okay.” – Unknown

“Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter.” – Rumi

“I’m not sad. I’m just tired of pretending I’m not.” – Unknown

“Some days, just getting out of bed is my greatest accomplishment.” – Unknown

“The heaviest burden a person can carry is a secret.” – Frank Warren

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” – Brené Brown

“Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can.” – Unknown

“Self-care is how you take your power back.” – Lalah Delia

“You don’t have to be perfect to be worthy of love.” – Unknown

“Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.” – Ralph Marston

“Healing begins when you stop blaming yourself.” – Unknown

“Give yourself permission to be imperfect.” – Unknown

“You are allowed to feel both broken and beautiful at the same time.” – Unknown

“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” – Robert Holden

“Kindness begins with me.” – Unknown

“Take care of your soul. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Unknown

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.” – Viktor E. Frankl

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls.” – Khalil Gibran

“What is life without obstacles? Without them, we would never grow.” – Unknown

“Pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” – C.S. Lewis

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Confucius

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa

“There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” – Carl Jung

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is rest and reflect on your pain.” – Unknown

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.” – Khalil Gibran

“Hard times may hold you down for a while, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.” – Joel Osteen