Quotes for Hard Times and Tough Days
Quotes for hard times, for days that feel heavy or when progress is hard to see. Some are gentle, and some push you to try again.
Quotes for tough times, one day at a time
Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
For sometimes it is an act of bravery even to live.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Keep going quotes when progress is slow
For work that hasn’t paid off yet.
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Quotes about not giving up on the next attempt
Trying again doesn’t have to mean doing the same thing again.
Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance; yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciousness.
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.
Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Quotes about resilience after things go wrong
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
Quotes about strength in hard times
Strength doesn’t have to look impressive from the outside.
I have learned that 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 while trying to succeed.
Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt quoted this saying in his Autobiography (1913).
True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
Questions
What is a good quote for hard times?
Seneca’s “For sometimes it is an act of bravery even to live” recognizes the effort a hard day can take. Shakespeare’s Macbeth says that even the roughest day passes.
What are some keep going quotes when I feel like giving up?
Longfellow’s “A Psalm of Life” pairs work with waiting. Samuel Smiles’s line about learning wisdom from failure offers a reason to try again.
Are there short quotes about strength in hard times?
Try “Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are,” recorded by Theodore Roosevelt as a saying quoted by Squire Bill Widener. Baum’s line about facing danger while afraid is another direct reminder.
Where can I find Bible verses for hard times?
See quotes and Bible verses for King James Version verses on hardship, strength, and hope. In Well Said’s Find, you can also ask for results “from Scripture.”
What if I want to encourage a friend instead?
See words of encouragement for message starters and short quotes for your friend’s situation. A check-in and a real offer of help usually matter more than the quote.
Some quotes come from Wikiquote, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and link to their source pages. Translations are by Richard M. Gummere, and are in the public domain.