Quotes have a lot of power. Whether it's a passage from a book, lyrics in a song, a line from your favorite movie, or some words of inspiration from your hero, they're words that can stick with you. They strike a chord in you that make that person, production, or song feel relatable. Below are a couple of quotes that I hope will help you to realize that through whatever struggle you're battling, you're not alone. You can conquer anything that comes your way.
When life doesn't feel like it's working in your favor:
"We all have bad days, but one thing is true; no cloud is so dark that the sun can't shine through." - Miranda Kerr
"When you have a bad day — a really bad day — try and treat the world better than it treated you." - Patrick Stump
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman
"You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you."-Maxwell Maltz
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it." - Henry Ford
"I don't care if the whole world is against you or teasing you or saying you are not gonna make it. Believe in yourself no matter what." - Michael Jackson
"Whenever you find that the whole world is against you, turn around and lead the world." - Anonymous
When you're feeling lost:
"Sometimes, you find yourself in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself." - Unknown
"This above all: To thine own self, be true." - Shakespeare
"You'll be fine. Feeling unsure and lost is part of your path. Don't avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a deep breath. You'll be okay. Even if you don't feel OK all the time." - Louis C.K.
"Sometimes you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and where you want to be." - Gossip Girl
“The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it.” - Oscar Wilde
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." - Henry David Thoreau
"Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost." - Erol Ozan
If you're recovering from a breakup:
"Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars." - Violeta Para
"Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." - Marilyn Monroe
"Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over." - Guy Finley
"One day, they'll realize they lost a diamond while playing with worthless stones." - Turcois Ominek
"It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on." - Nicholas Sparks
"I think it's very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person." - Oscar Wilde
"As time goes by, we start to see more clearly and are able to see that it wasn't all bad and that perhaps just perhaps the breakup was a gift." - Osayi Osar-Emokpae
When tragedy strikes:
"This world may bring deep darkness, but we are the bearers of light. We'll join our flames together and shine in the blackest of nights." - John Mark Green
"Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." - Robert Kennedy
"Every great tragedy forms a fertile soil in which a great recovery can take root and blossom, but only if you plant the seeds." - Steve Maraboli
"Grief is in two parts: The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life." - Anne Roiphe
"They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite." - Cassandra Clare
"Kill painful memories by creating better ones." - R.H. Sin
"Although the world is full of suffering, it also full of overcoming it." - Helen Keller
If you're trying to face your fears:
"To escape fear you, have to go through it. Not around it." - Richie Norton
"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire, not things we fear." - Brian Tracy
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear." - Jack Canfield
"Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street." - Zig Ziglar
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie