99 Inspirational Quotes About Struggles & Life (SUCCESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes About Struggles (BEST)

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. - Napoleon Hill — **Strength** and **growth** come only through continuous **effort** and struggle. – **Napoleon Hill**

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Osler — To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals – this alone is worth the struggle. – William Osler

Look at my success. I didn’t achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years’ struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement. - Mo Farah — Look at my **success**. I didn’t achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years’ struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement. – Mo Farah

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. - Abraham Lincoln — The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we **believe** to be just. – **Abraham Lincoln**

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. - Rosa Luxemburg — Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. – Rosa Luxemburg

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. - Oprah Winfrey — Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. – **Oprah Winfrey**

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it. - Demi Lovato — I think scars are like battle wounds – **beautiful**, in a way. They show what you’ve been through and how strong you are for coming out of it. – **Demi Lovato**

Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible. - Mao Zedong — Once all struggle is grasped, **miracles** are possible. – Mao Zedong

You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. - Brene Brown — You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of **love** and **belonging**. – **Brene Brown**

16 Inspirational Quotes About Struggles In Life

“Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don’t just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It’s a daily struggle.”
Jackee Harry

There is scarcely any passion without struggle. - Albert Camus — There is scarcely any passion without struggle. – **Albert Camus**

Dream, struggle, create, prevail. Be daring. Be brave. Be loving. Be compassionate. Be strong. Be brilliant. Be beautiful. - Caterina Fake — **Dream**, struggle, create, prevail. Be daring. Be **brave**. Be loving. Be **compassionate**. Be strong. Be brilliant. Be beautiful. – Caterina Fake

“Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. - Wilma Rudolph — Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle. – Wilma Rudolph

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle. - Nas — Once you make it to your point of making it, you’ll **appreciate** the struggle. – **Nas**

“Nothing is given to man on earth – struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible – the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.”
Andrew Bernstein

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. - Epictetus — The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their **reputation** from storms and tempests. – **Epictetus**

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 hardship today. - Thich Nhat Hanh — **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 **hardship** today. – **Thich Nhat Hanh**

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
Frederick Douglass

Don’t struggle about the struggle. In other words, life’s full of ups and downs. So if you’re struggling, don’t worry, everyone else has or will at some point. - Sean Covey — Don’t struggle about the struggle. In other words, life’s full of ups and downs. So if you’re struggling, don’t worry, everyone else has or will at some point. – Sean Covey

You stay safe, You love. You survive. You laugh and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push. - Carrie Ryan — You stay safe, You love. You survive. You **laugh** and cry and struggle and sometimes you fail and sometimes you succeed. You Push. – Carrie Ryan

“Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow. - Aaron Lauritsen — The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow. – Aaron Lauritsen

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at. - Jesse Owens — The battles that count aren’t the ones for **gold** medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at. – **Jesse Owens**

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. - Napoleon Hill — **Education** comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. – Napoleon Hill

18 Motivational Quotes About Struggles and Overcoming Them

“The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
Helen Keller

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 Satchel Paige — 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 Satchel Paige

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity. - Seneca — The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against **adversity**. – **Seneca**

“My beliefs are that good people who work hard get their rewards. There will be struggle at times and hurdles along the way – life throws up all sorts – but in the end, you will prevail if you stick to the right path.”
Moeen Ali

When you learn to see your struggles as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from 'I can't do this' to 'I must do this'. - Toni Sorenson — When you learn to see your struggles as **opportunities** to become stronger, better, wiser, then your thinking shifts from ‘I can’t do this’ to ‘I must do this’. – Toni Sorenson

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. - Kenji Miyazawa — We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our **journey**. – Kenji Miyazawa

“All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.”
Pope Paul VI

Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them. - Norman Vincent Peale — Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them. – **Norman Vincent Peale**

Use what you've been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! - Yvonne Pierre — Use what you’ve been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! – Yvonne Pierre

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.”
Orison Swett Marden

What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time. - Winona LaDuke — What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long **time**. – Winona LaDuke

When life gets tough, you must remember that you are not defined by your struggles, but by how you overcome them. - Ruskin Bond — When life gets tough, you must remember that you are not defined by your struggles, but by how you overcome them. – Ruskin Bond

“I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.”
Conor McGregor

My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one’s purpose, how to overcome fear and to stand up for causes bigger than one’s self. - Coretta Scott King — My story is a freedom song of struggle. It is about finding one’s **purpose**, how to overcome **fear** and to stand up for causes bigger than one’s self. – Coretta Scott King

If there is one thing I have learned through my struggles in life, its todays trials will be tomorrows faded memories. - Angelique Bochnak — If there is one thing I have learned through my struggles in life, its todays trials will be tomorrows faded **memories**. – Angelique Bochnak

“Maybe the truth was, it shouldn’t be so easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something’s difficult to come by, you’ll do that much more to make sure it’s even harder–if not impossible–to lose.”
Sarah Dessen

Life requires overcoming challenges and obstacles of many types. Battling our struggles and fears determines who we are. - David Weatherford — Life requires overcoming **challenges** and **obstacles** of many types. Battling our struggles and fears determines who we are. – David Weatherford

We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome. - R. C. Allen — We grow because we struggle, we **learn** and overcome. – R. C. Allen

4 Quotes About Struggles That Inspire Being Kind To Others

“The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there’s a story of a personal struggle.”
Adrienne C. Moore

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 — 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

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth. - Swami Vivekananda — Our duty is to **encourage** every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth. – **Swami Vivekananda**

Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. - Albert Schweitzer — Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. – Albert Schweitzer

7 Quotes About Struggles Making You Stronger

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
Rudyard Kipling

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature. - Manoj Bajpayee — Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature. – Manoj Bajpayee

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 — 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 most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I am thankful for my struggle because without it, I wouldn't have stumbled upon my strength. - Alexandra Elle — I am **thankful** for my struggle because without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled upon my strength. – Alexandra Elle

As I struggled to put together a life for myself - based on my terms and my needs, in other words, a life worth living, it all boiled down to building my self-confidence. - Bill Andrews — As I struggled to put together a life for myself – based on my terms and my needs, in other words, a life worth living, it all boiled down to building my self-confidence. – Bill Andrews

In the heart of every struggle lies an opportunity to grow. - Melanie M. Koulouris — In the heart of every struggle lies an opportunity to grow. – Melanie M. Koulouris

6 Powerful Quotes About Struggles in Fighting For Rights

“It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.”
Maya Angelou

You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. - Fred Hampton — You have to understand that people have to pay a price for **peace**. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win. – Fred Hampton

“The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity – these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.”
Aga Khan IV

The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton — The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.”
Louis Farrakhan

“It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.”
Cesar Chavez

5 Quotes About Struggles in Love

“You’ve got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn’t define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don’t have to struggle to be good enough for.”
Deb Caletti

When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself. - Deepak Chopra — When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself. – **Deepak Chopra**

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 — 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

I'm not interested in passion and love for their own sake - without the struggle of life, they're just fluff. - Mira Nair — I’m not interested in passion and love for their own sake – without the struggle of life, they’re just fluff. – Mira Nair

The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me. - Oprah Winfrey — The struggle of my life created **empathy** – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me. – Oprah Winfrey

11 Quotes About Struggles to Success

“The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.”
Samuel Smiles

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. - Swami Sivananda — The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. – Swami Sivananda

Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. - Bernadette Devlin — Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. – Bernadette Devlin

“No matter what struggles I come across, I will keep going, because I have the will and strength to overcome it all. All my greatest accomplishments, I once thought I would never achieve, but I keep on succeeding every challenge that faces me. No matter what is beyond my control, nothing will ever make me less than a woman. I am and will always be a powerful woman.”
Victoria Enriquez

I have seen good times and bad times, struggle and success. - Himani Shivpuri — I have seen good times and bad times, struggle and success. – Himani Shivpuri

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! - Stevie Wonder — Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle! – Stevie Wonder

The triumph can't be had without the struggle. - Wilma Rudolph — The triumph can’t be had without the struggle. – Wilma Rudolph

Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit. - Napoleon Hill — Every adversity, every **failure** and every heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill

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 — 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

Don’t compare your struggles to anyone else’s. Don’t get discouraged by the success of others. Make your own path and never give up. - MJ Korvan — Don’t compare your struggles to anyone else’s. Don’t get discouraged by the success of others. Make your own path and never give up. – MJ Korvan

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. - Pierre de Coubertin — The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. – Pierre de Coubertin

4 Quotes About Struggles in Family

“People can have the best of intentions when they tell their loved ones how they should be living their lives. But often times, when we are in struggle, we are seeking to be supported, not solved.”
Jaeda DeWalt

Every family is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not. - Shailene Woodley — Every **family** is dysfunctional, whether you want to admit it or not. – Shailene Woodley

No family is sane, is it - Rebecca Hall — No family is sane, is it? – Rebecca Hall

When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family. - Jim Butcher — When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching — they are your family. – Jim Butcher

3 Quotes About Struggles in Arts and Literature

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. - Iris Murdoch — All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous. – Iris Murdoch

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann — A writer is someone for whom **writing** is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann

I’m glad I’ve had to struggle. It’s made me the artist I am now. - Jessie J. — I’m glad I’ve had to struggle. It’s made me the artist I am now. – Jessie J.

15 Quotes About Struggles That Will Make You Think

“He struggled with himself, too. I saw it — I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.”
Joseph Conrad