It's a well-known fact that life can get hard and sometimes, in your darkest moments, you need to find something to remind you that life can be wonderful and that the human spirit is resilient and strong. For me, a few things that remind me that I can and I will are inspiring quotes. Book quotes, movie quotes, TV show quotes, you name it. Wisdom and hope can be found anywhere, if you only look hard enough (or have the internet).
That being said, here are a few inspirational quotes for when life throws its worst at you, all from one of my all time favorite shows: the British sci-fi classic "Doctor Who."
1. Sometimes life will just take you along for the ride. OK, more like drag you along for the ride by your hair. This quote is for those moments. When things are so far beyond your control that the only thing you can do is say, "I meant to do that."
2. I love this quote. This is one of my personal favorites. There are so many variables in life. So many things can go right and wrong, and this quote acknowledges that and also gives us leave to believe in the magic of miracles, wonderful moments where the stars seem to have aligned just for us.
3. And then there is this bad boy. Sometimes you gotta show people and even life itself who's boss. This quote is a great reminder of that. It lets you know that no matter what, at the end of the day, you are enough. You have all that you need to stand up to life and the things that try to bring you down. You are strong enough, brave enough, and yes, just plain reckless enough to get through any storm and see sunlight one again.
4. We need optimism. Even the most jaded and cynical of us are only jaded and cynical because we feel so let down by life that we start to wonder what the point is. Optimism, which, it could be argued, is almost the same thing as faith, takes a certain amount of strength. When you see those bright, peppy and hopeful people, understand that it takes a great deal of strength to still believe in goodness when life does its best to show you otherwise. Optimism propels us forward and keeps us fighting, whether it be the ugliness of mean people or our own inner demons. Optimism keeps us connected with our inner child and lets us enjoy life more. It leads to dreaming impossible things and making them real. Life can and generally does get better. Optimism is a kind of courage. Don't dissuade it.
5. Whenever I feel down, feel like my existence isn't worth a whole lot, this quote comes to my mind. And every time it helps to remind me that even when I feel like a damned wage slave, just trying to survive, just another cog in the machine, etc, I myself am my own universe. I am a galaxy to my boyfriend, to my brothers and to my best friends, just like they are to me. And together we form this wonderful little universe that I am a very integral part of. The same goes for all of us. That's what this quote reminds me of.
6. Potential is something we all have, and that potential makes us extraordinary. We just sometimes need to be reminded it's there, and we may need help tapping it.
7. This! So very much this!
We are totally in charge of our own stories, even though life tries to make it seem otherwise. At the end of the day, the story that you leave behind constitutes a legacy. Your legacy. Proof that you existed. Overall, enjoy your life. No matter what you believe, you only get one life.
There are hundreds of beautiful, wise, uplifting, funny and inspiring quotes from this show. I certainly haven't remotely come close to listing all of them; however, I do know that quotes help me get through, and I am more inclined to listen to the message when they come from things I enjoy, and "Doctor Who" is a large part of that.
Life can be hard and unpredictable, in both good and bad ways, and we all need something to help us get through, even if that something is just words.
