Nobody is above tough times, which is why having a few helpful quotes to help you stay strong and keep going can be incredibly helpful. Whether you’re dealing with hardship, feeling overwhelmed, or feel like you’ve been knocked down, gaining some strength and motivation from these stay strong quotes can help you keep on going, even when it seems like things are at their darkest.
So if you need a motivational pick-me-up, take a look at these quotes geared towards helping you stay strong no matter what life throws your way.
The Power of Positive Thinking
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” — Francesco Crocco
“If you believe you can then you will.” – Unknown
“Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.” – Unknown
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.” – Zig Ziglar
Stay Motivated
“I overcame all my challenges, so can you.” – Unknown
“Take care of yourself first, because if you don’t, you won’t be able to take care of anyone else.” – Unknown
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
Overcoming Challenges
“There are only two options regarding commitment. You’re either IN or you’re OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.” – Unknown
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Making mistakes is okay, that’s how we learn and grow.” – Unknown
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” – Robert Collier
Move Forward
“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.” – Richard Bach
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
“The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
“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.
Trust Yourself
“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” – Golda Meir
“Believe in yourself and your abilities. Don’t let anyone, especially not yourself, talk you down.” – Unknown
“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
“You can if you think you can.” – Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Be A Helping Hand
“You have the power to make a difference in someone’s life—make it a positive one.” – Unknown
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
Take Care of Yourself
“Empty your mind, be formless and shapeless, like water. You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” — Bruce Lee
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.” — Buddha
“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” — Unknown
Stay Strong
“If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall in to magnificence.” – Tom Robbins
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“Don’t give up. Just focus on your goals, keeping taking baby steps and enjoy the journey!” – Unknown
“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.” – Unknown
No one said life would be easy, but having a few words of inspiration to keep in mind helps replace any negative thoughts or sentiments with a positive outlook. These stay strong quotes can help keep you motivated and remind you to take a step back and look at the good that you can get out of being faced with challenging situations. So whenever you feel like the odds are against you, take a look at these helpful quotes to stay strong.
