Tough Times Quotes to Keep You Strong

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

2. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher

3. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

4. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca

5. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.” – Epicurus

6. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

7. “Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee

8. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford

9. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

10. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley

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

12. “Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.” – Horace

13. “The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.” – Morris Mandel

14. “The only way out is through.” – Robert Frost

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

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

17. “Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill

18. “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

19. “Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” – Theodore Roosevelt

20. “Scars are proof that you survived.” – Unknown

21. “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère

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

23. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joseph P. Kennedy

24. “Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but actually you’ve been planted.” – Christine Caine

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

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

27. “No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better.” – Unknown

28. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

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

30. “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt