2. “Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.” – Will Hurd
3. “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
4. “No matter what job or industry you’re in, life is hard, but we’re all going through a difficult time and the best thing we can do is pick each other up and move on together.” – Eric Nam
5. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
6. “When you encounter obstacles, don’t turn your back on them. Face them, confront them and you will see them dissolving in front of your eyes.” – Dr. Roopleen
7. “Sometimes life is hard, but you gotta be strong and keep moving on. Don’t let anything hold you back from what you want.” – Anonymous
8. “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
9. “Life is hard for everyone. That’s why there’s such a nice reward at the end of it.” – Aidan Quinn
10. “Nothing good comes cheaply so we shouldn’t be surprised when we meet the hard while going for the best. Hard times are not quit times.” – Terry Mark
11. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
12. “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” – Duke Ellington
13. “Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.” – Carolina Herrera
14. “Don’t pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
15. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
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16. “However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are.” – Henry David Thoreau
17. “The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” – Epictetus
18. “When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.” – Anonymous
19. “Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.” – David Gerrold
20. “Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert Schuller
21. “Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” – Richard L. Evans
22. “Sometimes life is hard but sometimes we make it harder than it really is.” – Anonymous
23. “When life gets harder, challenge yourself to be stronger.” – Anonymous
24. “After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem, there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.” – William R. Alger
25. “When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’” – Sydney J. Harris
26. “If life gets too hard to stand, kneel.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
27. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult
28. “I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it’s all easy.” – Jamie Lee Curtis
29. “Life wasn’t easy growing up; it was frustrating. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily, everything would have come easily, and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.” – Caitlyn Jenner
30. “Life is hard sometimes, but there is always a reason for why it is.” – Anonymous
31. “When life is tough, remember you’re tougher.” – Anonymous
32. “If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.” – Louis D. Brandeis
33. “Life is like riding a bicycle, in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
34. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere
35. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.” – Robert Frost
36. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling
37. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan
38. “Hard times are like thunder. They make a lot of noise but do little harm. Don’t fear hard times.” – Debasish Mridha
39. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
40. “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” – Seneca
41. “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” – Albert Schweitzer
42. “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” – Doe Zantamata
43. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Nelson Mandela
44. “Prosperity is not without many fears and disasters, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.” – Francis Bacon
45. “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” – Haruki Murakami
46. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” –
47. “Any sort of major change we want to make in our life is hard. Change is not easy and true change takes time and takes thousands, millions probably, of failures along that path and that’s the interesting thing.” – Cory Barlog
48. “Life is hard. It is. And it’s like, I don’t want anybody feeling any pain.” – Bebe Rexha
49. “I think life is hard at the combat outposts, and anything that distracts us from supporting them, in my mind, is something that we shouldn’t do.” – Stanley A. McChrystal
50. “Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill
51. “Life is not always fair. Sometimes you get a splinter sliding down a rainbow.” – Terri Guillemets
52. “You’re going to go through tough times—that’s life. But I say, ‘nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” – Joel Osteen
53. “Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill
54. “Sometimes life’s hard. Sometimes it’s easy. Sometimes I thought of quitting. After some time, it becomes every time. But then I look to my near ones and sometimes become some time.” – Anonymous
55. “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.” – Leroy
56. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
57. “In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
58. “Life is going to get hard sometimes. So get the fuck up and get your shit together. You’re either an ocean or a puddle. Don’t be a puddle. People walk through puddles like they’re nothing. Oceans fucking destroy cities.” – Anonymous
59. “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” – Paulo Coelho
60. “I wondered why life had to suck so hard sometimes.” – Becca Fitzpatrick
61. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb
62. “Sometimes life can seem hard, but it’s not necessarily because you’re doing something wrong, it may be because you are doing something right.” – Steven Aitchison
63. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca
64. “You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney
65. “Every adversity brings new experiences and new lessons.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
66. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon
67. “The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” – Bono
68. “There is no education like adversity.” – Benjamin Disraeli
69. “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” – William Samuel Johnson
70. “I think most people have a general sense that when you’re released from prison, life is hard, but, you know, if you work hard and apply self-discipline and stay out of trouble, you can make it. But that’s true only for a relative few.” – Michelle Alexander
71. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
72. “You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.” – Shaun Hick
73. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” – John Wooden
74. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joseph Kennedy
75. “Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” – Iain Duncan Smith
76. “Life is hard, but there are moments, sometimes hours—and, if you’re really lucky, full days—where everything feels just right.” – Andy Grammer
77. “Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I’m being funny, but I’m reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we’re going down the tube.” – Joan Rivers
78. “I want to give kids that fall-off-the-bed-laughing feeling. Either that or the sixth-grade feeling that life is hard—sometimes unbearably hard—and it is ultimately about death. But in the meantime, life can be really funny, too.” – Kate Klise
79. “I think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think, in the end, my instincts go there.” – Joan Cusack
80. “Life is hard, you know. If I can give someone on the radio three minutes to make them feel happier, that’s a cool thing.” – Andy Grammer
81. “I think there’s nothing better than laughing in life, so that’s nice, to be thought of as someone who can make someone laugh. It’s ’cause I think life is hard. You know, my dad was a really silly man. A great Irish silly man. And that’s fine.” – Joan Cusack
82. “Every time you are able to find some humor in a difficult situation, you win.” – Anonymous
83. “Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.” – Jacques Prevert
84. “Man is fond of counting his troubles but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up, as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.” –
85. “Life is a circle of happiness, sadness, hard times, and good times. If you are going through a hard time, know that good times are on the way.” – Anonymous
86. “Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they’re gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that’s what I give them. That’s all I’m trying to do. Is that really so wrong?” – James Patterson
87. “For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.” – Guillermo del Toro
88. “Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.” – William Hazlitt
89. “Hard times are sometimes blessings in disguise. We do have to suffer but in the end, it makes us strong, better and wise.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
90. “In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
91. “The trick is to enjoy life. Don’t wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.” – Marjorie Pay Hinckley
92. “It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.” – Dalai Lama
93. “Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” – Jim Rohn
94. “Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren’t so challenging.” – Carrie Fisher
95. “We all want to be loved. We all want to feel accepted. We all want to feel content. And life is hard.” – Hayley Kiyoko
96. “I’ve always hated criminals and crime. Life is hard enough without someone walking into your life on purpose and making it worse.” – Pauley Perrette
97. “Don’t cry for a man who’s left you; the next one may fall for your smile.” – Mae West
98. “Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” – Albert Schweitzer
99. “Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” – Elie Weisel
100. “Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
101. “Life is hard so why does my relationship have to be hard at the same time?” – Rachel Lindsay
102. “Life gets tough from time to time. But I’ll still love you, no matter what.” – Anonymous
103. “I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.” – Arthur Rubinstein
104. “I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” – Jewish Proverb
105. “When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.” – Iyanla Vanzant
106. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” – Thomas Edison
107. “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” – Tracee Ellis Ross
108. “Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.” – Sarah Dessen
109. “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” – Lee Iacocca
110. “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” – Mario Fernandez
111. “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
112. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
113. “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
114. “A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose—a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.” –
115. “The best way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain. And when you feel the pain and go beyond it, you’ll see there’s a very intense love that is wanting to awaken itself.” – Deepak Chopra
116. “You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.” – Dan Millman
117. “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott
118. “I’ll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you’ll find your way through.” – Joan Bauer
119. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” – Wayne Dyer
120. “To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.” – Barbara DeAngelis
121. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino
122. “It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop.” – Confucius
123. “My life feels like a test I didn’t study for.” – Anonymous
124. “Life is hard. There’s parking fines, PPI, the Kardashians—it’s a marvel any of us manage to get out of bed.” – Joe Lycett
125. “Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.” –
126. “When life knocks you down—calmly get back up, smile and very politely say, ‘you hit like a bitch.’” – Anonymous
127. “Challenges and hard times will try to ruin your spaghetti—just don’t give them a fork!” – Saurabh Gusain
128. “Life is hard. After all, it kills you.” – Katharine Hepburn
129. “I was one of those kids who thought I could be the president of England when I grew up if I wanted to. Then I started acting and realized life is hard, and people are mean. And there’s no president of England, and I’m not British.” – Riley Keough
130. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
131. “Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” – Leo Buscaglia
132. “And hard times are good in their own way, too. Because the only way you can achieve true happiness is if you experience true sadness as well. It’s all about light and shade. Balance.” – Gabrielle Williams
133. “Never give in. Never, never, never.” – Winston Churchill
134. “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn so that we see ourselves as we really are.” – Arthur Golden
135. “Confidence, courage and spirit are vital for surviving hard times.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
136. “But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
137. “Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.” – Joel Osteen
138. “I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.” – Rita Mero
139. “Struggles are part of everyday life. May you have the grace to overcome any struggle.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
140. “Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them, we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.” – Dalai Lama
141. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
142. “It may sound strange, but many champions are made champions by setbacks.” – Bob Richards
143. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
144. “Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want.” – Randy Pausch
145. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
146. “Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” – Roy T. Bennett
147. “It was the hardest time of my life, but the best part of my journey.” – Ellen DeGeneres
148. “The good life is not built on a foundation of ease―it’s the hard times that give us a rock-solid foundation.” – Richie Norton
149. “Hard times, when held with open hands and a tender heart, can prepare us for the future.” – Cindee Snider Re
150. “Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, everything will get better and the sun will shine brighter than ever.” – Ernest Hemingway
151. “It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day, that’s the hard part.” – Jogging Baboon
152. “It takes a lot of courage to push through hard times. Never give up. Good things are coming your way.” – Robert Tew
153. “Even in hard times there’s a possibility to have fun.” – Eyden I.
154. “Life is tough, darling, but so are you.” – Stephanie Bennett
155. “All things are difficult before they are easy.” – Thomas Fuller
156. “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” – Jack Ma
157. “If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A. Clark
158. “Life is hard, but we make it much harder.” – Ryan Holiday
159. “Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.” – Benjamin Disraeli