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17 Songs To Help You Keep Trying

When all you want to do is give up.

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We all have those days where you feel like nothing you do is good enough. Everything is just a bit too far out of reach.

Here are 17 songs to help get you through those days; because we all have those days.

"Vienna" – Billy Joel

“Slow down, you're doing fine. You can't be everything you want to be before your time.”


"Uncharted" – Sara Bareilles

“Compare where you are to where you want to be and you'll get nowhere.”


"Wait For It" – from "Hamilton"

“I am the one thing in life I can control.”


"Go" – Boys Like Girls

“So let’s go put up a fight, let’s go make everything alright. Go on and take a shot, go give it all you got.”


"Superman" – Rachel Platten

“You don't have to hold the world in your hands. You've already shown me that you can.”


"Lost" – Michael Buble

“Life can show no mercy, it can tear your soul apart. It can make you feel like you've gone crazy, but you're not.”


"Brand New Me" – Alicia Keys

“Oh, it took a long, long road to get here. It took a brave, brave girl to try.”


"Who You Are" – Jessie J

“Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart. Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising.”


"February Song" – Josh Groban

“Sometimes it’s hard to find the ground, cause I keep on falling as I try to get away from this crazy world.”


"Yet" – Switchfoot

“It’s when you’re breaking down with your insides coming out, that’s when you find out what your heart is made of.”


"Details in the Fabric" – Jason Mraz

“If it’s a broken part, replace it. If it’s a broken arm, then brace it. If it’s a broken heart, then face it.”


"Fix You" – Coldplay

“But if you never try you’ll never know just what you’re worth.”


"Darlin" – Avril Lavigne

“I just want you to know, want you to know it’s not your fault.”


"Try" – Colbie Calliat

“You don’t have to try so hard. You don’t have to bend until you break.”


"Shake It Out" – Florence + The Machine

“It’s always darkest before the dawn.”


"Crazy Dreams" – Carrie Underwood


"Roots Before Branches" – Room for Two

“There’s always a seed before there’s a rose. The more that it rains, the more I will grow.”

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