Inspirational Quotes. Life frequently seems to be giving us no breaks. Even organizing our ideas the way we want them to be and finding the motivation to handle difficulties can be challenging at times. This primarily occurs as challenges increase during our life’s path.
In most cases, when that occurs, we become overburdened and are most likely to give up on our objectives and goals.
You should give yourself breaks from time to time since you need to refresh and start over, but never let such breaks drag on too long because they will make you give up.
The difficulties won’t disappear if you give up. It takes a strong, pure-burning motivation to move forward in spite of these setbacks if we are to truly handle our issues. But where do we obtain the inspiration we need?
Overcoming Life’s Obstacles Quotes
Here are Inspiring, and Uplifting quotes to guide you as you strive to overcome life’s many formidable obstacles:
“There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.”— Amy Morin
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.”— Chantal Sutherland
“I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.”― Calvin Coolidge
“Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.”— Chantal Sutherland
“Always believe in yourself and always stretch yourself beyond your limits. Your life is worth a lot more than you think because you are capable of accomplishing more than you know.
You have more potential than you think, but you will never know your full potential unless you keep challenging yourself and pushing beyond your own self-imposed limits.”― Roy T. Bennett
“That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.”― Robin Hobb
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy, and rewarding life.”— Marilu Henner
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” – Calvin Coolidge
“The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.”― Steve Maraboli
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end.” — Paulo Coelho
“I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled.”― Hyeonseo Lee
“Don’t just visualize success at the end. Visualize the process. Don’t just picture yourself winning. Picture the steps it takes to get there.” — Dean Bokhari
“It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in divine power, we could have little faith in ourselves.
We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has a deep conviction that life is eternally important and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan.” ― Calvin Coolidge
“All the energy in the universe is evenly present in all places at the same time. We don’t get energy, we release energy. And the triggering mechanism to release energy is desire. When you have a strong desire to do something, you will always have the energy to do it.” — Bob Proctor
“You have come a long way and have won many battles. Whenever you’re faced with a difficult or challenging situation, you’ll overcome it. Yes, you can.”― Roy T. Bennett
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; to be kind, but not weak; to be bold, but not a bully; to be thoughtful, but not lazy; to be humble, but not timid; to be proud, but not arrogant; to have humor, but without folly.” —Jim Rohn
“The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.” — Barack Obama
“Your fate has not been written until you pick up a pen.” — Dean Bokhari
“When times are good, be grateful, and when times are tough, be graceful.” — Dustin Poirier
“Take one step in the direction of your dreams and watch the Universe perform miracles to help you.”—Alexandra Domelle
“Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward. Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.”― Roy T. Bennett
“Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.” – Bobby Kennedy
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“You learn something valuable from all of the significant events and people, but you never touch your true potential until you challenge yourself to go beyond imposed limitations.”― Roy T. Bennett
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle
“If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end.”— Paulo Coelho
“Don’t just visualize success at the end. Visualize the process. Don’t just picture yourself winning. Picture the steps it takes to get there.” — Dean Bokhari
“He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” — Greek Proverb
“There’s never enough time to do everything, but there’s always enough time to do the most important thing.” —Dean Bokhari
“Don’t be afraid to do something you’re not qualified to do.” — Dan Carlin
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” — Bob Dylan
“People will forget what you said and did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” — Benjamin Franklin
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” — Pablo Picasso
“Focus equals reality to the individual, even if it’s not a reality in actuality.” — Anonymous
“Haters are like crickets. You can hear all the noise they make, but you can’t see them…Then, right when you walk by them, they’re quiet.” —Dean Bokhari
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” —Theodore Roosevelt
“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.” ― Ernesto Guevara
“A one-talented man who decides upon a definite object accomplishes more than a ten-talented man who scatters his energies and never knows exactly what he will do.” — Orison Swett Marden, from Pushing to the Front
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” —Thomas Jefferson
“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I love.
I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.” —George Bernard Shaw
“Accept the presence of thorns, but let the rose inspire you.” — Steve Pavlina
“As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.” — Rumi
“With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” — Clark Gable
“Sometimes you’ve got to experience the ugly inside yourself to discover the beauty inside yourself.”—Dean Bokhari
“No one can make me feel inferior without my consent.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” — Brian Tracy
“No one can take your self-respect if you do not give it to them,” — Ghandi
“Success is something you attract by the person you become.” — Jim Rohn
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”—John Adams
“A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” –George Patton
“Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.” –Horace
“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application.
At the core of every true talent, there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.” –Eric Hoffer
“Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.”— Brendon Burchard
“Too many of us wait to do the perfect thing, and with the result we do nothing. The way to get ahead is to start now. While many of us are waiting until conditions are ‘just right’ before we go ahead, others are stumbling along, fortunately, ignorant of the dangers that beset them.
By the time we are, in our superior wisdom, decided to make a start, we discover that those who have gone fearlessly on before, have, in their blundering way, traveled a considerable distance. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don’t know now, and that you will not know next year if you wait.” –The William Feather Magazine
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”— Bernice Johnson Reagon
“We all have challenges. We have to face them, embrace them, defy them, and conquer them.”— Victoria Arlen
“Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too.”— Josh Turner
“No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don’t advertise their woes and heartaches. But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars.”― Richelle E. Goodrich
“Those who mistrust their own abilities are being too wicked to themselves, discouraging themselves from doing what they should have been excelling in. If you are good at discouraging yourself, you can’t be a good leader because leadership is built on inspiring others to face challenges.” ― Israelmore Ayivor
“Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.” ― Barbara Marciniak
“Those who overcome great challenges will be changed, and often in unexpected ways. For our struggles enter our lives as unwelcome guests, but they bring valuable gifts.
And once the pain subsides, the gifts remain. These gifts are life’s true treasures, bought at a great price, but cannot be acquired in any other way.”― Steve Goodier
“Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.”― Bernie Siegel
“It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.”– Abigail Adams
“I just want to share with everyone that no matter what challenges, adversities you face in life, that you can overcome them… and once you overcome those adversities, use your story, your testimony to others, to help others get through their storm.” — Wayne Messam
“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.’’– Michael Phelps
Famous Quotes of All Time
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.“ -Nelson Mandela
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.“-Walt Disney
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.“-Steve Jobs
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.“-Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.’’ If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” -Oprah Winfrey
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” –James Cameron
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” -John Lennon
Best Quotes of All Time
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” -Mother Teresa
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” -Margaret Mead
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -Benjamin Franklin
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” -Aristotle
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” -Anne Frank
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” –Margaret Mead
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” –Robert Louis Stevenson
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” –Benjamin Franklin
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” –Helen Keller
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” –Aristotle
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” –Anne Frank
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Famous Quotes About Life
“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” -Maya Angelou
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” -Nelson Mandela
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” -Abraham Lincoln
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” -Babe Ruth
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” -Helen Keller
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas A. Edison
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” -Dr. Seuss
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” –Abraham Lincoln
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” –Maya Angelou
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” –Babe Ruth
“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” –Oscar Wilde
“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” –Tony Robbins
“In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.” –Mother Teresa
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” –Albert Einstein
“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” –Dalai Lama
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” –John Lennon
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” –Mae West
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” –Henry David Thoreau
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” –Nelson Mandela
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” –Confucius
“May you live all the days of your life.” –Jonathan Swift
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” –Hans Christian Andersen
“Do not let making a living prevent you from making a life.” –John Wooden
“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.” –D. H. Lawrence
Life-Changing Quotes:
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone might do the same for you.” —Diana, Princess of Wales
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.” —Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple.
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” —Albert Einstein, physicist
“At any given moment, you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end.” —Christine Mason Miller, author.
“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.” —Roy T. Bennett, author.
“Fear is forward. No one is afraid of yesterday.” —Renata Adler, author, journalist, and film critic.
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” —Toni Morrison, author.
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“There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” —Nelson Mandela, philanthropist and former President of South Africa
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” —Arthur Ashe, American tennis player.
“By changing nothing, nothing changes.” —Tony Robbins, author, and philanthropist
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” —Stephen King, author.
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” —John A. Shedd, author, and professor.
“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson, author.
“There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing. I do the things I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.” —Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president.
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” —Helen Keller, author
“If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.” —Jen Sincero, author.
“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” —Isaac Newton, mathematician.
“Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady.
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” —Oscar Wilde, author.
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” —Oprah Winfrey, philanthropist, and talk show host.
“The most beautiful and profound way to change yourself is to accept yourself completely, as imperfect as you are.” —Maxime Lagacé, Canadian hockey player
“Your big opportunity may be right where you are standing right now.” —Napoleon Hill, author
“You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.” —Charles C. Noble, American engineer
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” —James Baldwin, author
“There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” —C.S. Lewis, author
“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” —Bill Nye, the Science Guy, TV presenter, and engineer
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —Walt Disney, entrepreneur
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” —James Cameron, filmmaker
“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” —Maya Angelou, poet.
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” —Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States
“You have brains in your head. And have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” —Dr. Seuss, author
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” —Henry David Thoreau, philosopher
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” —Elbert Hubbard, writer, and philosopher
“Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.” —Bikram Choudhury, yoga guru
“As soon as anyone starts telling you to be ‘realistic,’ cross that person off your invitation list.” —John Eliot, missionary
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” —C.S. Lewis
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” —Terry Pratchett, author
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, and compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”—Lao Tzu
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” —Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” —Joshua J. Marine, author. Time to show some gratitude for the hard things.
“Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.”—J.D. Salinger, author