25 Inspirational Quotes About Strength in Hard Times

When you’re facing a difficult time these inspiring quotes about strength in hard times are just the lift you need.

You noticed I said ‘when’, not ‘if’.

The truth is we all face hard times at some point in our lives. Quite often it’s more a matter of when, rather than if you will experience difficulties.

After all, difficulties come in all shapes and sizes. No one can tell you whether your challenge is too big or too small, because as the saying goes, ‘who feels it knows it’. Whether it’s a job transition, a health challenge, a difficult parenting stage or feeling lost and alone, that difficulty often feels all consuming.

Getting through the hard times often requires a mindset shift and that’s what this article focuses on. Tough times are inevitable and often out of our control. However, what we can control is the way we approach them.

Instead of wishing your troubles away or wishing you didn’t have to experience difficulties in the first place, what if you embraced the tough times instead? Tough times aren’t necessarily bad times. As a matter of fact, tough times have a way of strengthening and shaping our character like nothing else can.

Consider these quotes about strength in hard times from these great thinkers and see if any of them resonate with you.

Quotes about Strength in Hard Times

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1. “Character is the virtue of hard times.” Charles de Gaulle

2. “The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.” John Vance Cheney

3. “Hard times are purposeful, meant to refine and redirect us. They’re not arbitrary or random, and they’re definitely not cruel.” Liz Curtis Higgs

4. “Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.” Tony Robbins

5. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NIV

6. “Character is developed in the tough times, when we’re not getting our way but we keep doing the right thing.” Joel Osteen

7. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” Chinese proverb

8. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” Henry Ford

9. “The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.” Psalm 29:11 NIV

10. “Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.” Anton Chekhov

11. “If there is no struggle there is no progress.” Kimberly Jones

12. “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.” Psalm 126:5 NIV

13. “Hard times produce your greatest gifts.” Robin Sharma

14. “The hard stuff will always be hard. The scary stuff will always be scary. It won’t ever feel easy and you won’t ever feel like doing it. The real way to move forward is knowing that you can push yourself. You can do it anyway. That’s how you succeed.” Mel Robbins

15. “I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.” Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

Which of these quotes about strength in hard times are your favorite?

16. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

17. “The hardest thing in the world is to continuously fall and stay motivated. But those who can will start to create great separation between them and those who choose the path of least resistance.” David Goggins

18. “To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.” Oscar Wilde

19. “Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.” 14th Dalai Lama

20. “Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.” Mike Tyson

21. “Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter than ever.” Ernest Hemingway

22. “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. “Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” Bruce Lee

24. “There were good times, there were hard times, but there were never bad times.” Steve Jobs

25. “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:26-27 NIV

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Tough times help us build our resilience muscles, so the next time you’re facing difficulties use these quotes about strength in hard times to help you navigate them with grit and grace.  Tough times will come and the next time they do you’ll be ready.  

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