If You’ve Ever Felt Like Giving Up—These Quotes Were Meant for You
There is a particular weight to the feeling of wanting to give up.
It’s more than just a bad day;
it’s a deep exhaustion that makes the next step feel impossible.
It’s the voice that whispers that it’s easier to just stop trying.
If you’re hearing that voice right now, please know this: you are not alone.
In these moments, the right words can feel like a lifeline.
They don’t solve the problem,
but they can offer the strength to take one more breath, and then one more step.
These quotes found you for a reason. Let them in.
Quotes
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lena Horne
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
“Sometimes you don’t realize the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the weight of its release.” — Unknown
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou
“Sometimes, when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.” — Christine Caine
“The lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud.” — Buddhist Proverb
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The only way out is through.” — Robert Frost
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously.”
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” — C.C. Scott
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!'” — Audrey Hepburn
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” — Charles R. Swindoll
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” — Walter Elliot
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” — Charles Dickens
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison
“Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.”
“You weren’t given this life because you were strong enough to handle it. You were given this life to make you strong enough to handle it.”
“One day, you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” — Brene Brown
“Scars are not signs of weakness; they are signs of survival and endurance.” — Rodney A. Winters
“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.”
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
“Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body will. Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
“Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” — Marilyn Monroe
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” — Mary Anne Radmacher
“Healing is not about moving on or ‘getting over it.’ It’s about learning to carry your history with strength.”
“The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you’ve been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.”
