Motivational Quotes for Tough Times

"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."

"Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine."

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

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

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

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

"The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it."

"Fall down seven times; get up eight."

"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."

"I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."

"Endure, my heart, you have endured worse than this."

"All defeats are temporary. There is no one person with a permanent black cloud following them."

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

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope."

"Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then."

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

"This, too, will pass."

"If you're going through hell, keep going."

"Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship. So, keep moving, keep growing, keep learning!"

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

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

"Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up."

"This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure."