Life can be difficult, we all experience tough times at some point. Words can be powerful in providing comfort and support during those times. We have collected some of the most heartbreaking sad quotes that we hope will help you to get through your difficult times.

Quotes to Motivate Through Tough Times

  1. “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

  2. “Everyone goes through rough patches in life. It’s how I handle them that determines my future.” – Unknown

  3. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

  4. “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

  5. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert Schuller

  6. “In this world, you’re going to have tough times. You just have to get through them.” – Manoj Bhargava

  7. “Life is not always roses. But then again, it isn’t always thorns either.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

  8. “When things are bad, you have to be strong so they can get better.” – Unknown

  9. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis

  10. “Adversity is the first path to truth.” – Lord Byron

  11. “Do not be afraid of going slowly, be afraid of standing still.” – Chinese Proverb

  12. “Difficult times often bring out the best in people.” – Unknown

  13. “Tough times never last but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

  14. “Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end.” – Unknown

  15. “Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.” – Unknown

  16. “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

  17. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert Schuller

Inspiring Quotes to Help You Through Tough Times

  1. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

  2. “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

  3. “Cherish your yesterdays – dream your tomorrow, but live your today.” – Unknown

  4. “The one who falls and gets up is so much stronger than the one who never tried. Don’t worry about failures, worry about chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Unknown

  5. “We are born to succeed, not to fail.” – Henry David Thoreau

  6. “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Unknown

  7. “Don’t be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

  8. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

  9. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle

  10. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

  11. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

  12. “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

  13. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus

  14. “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.” – Felix Adler

  15. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

It is important to take a break and give yourself some time to process and heal when times are tough. These heartbreaking sad quotes have hopefully given you some insight and food for thought that might help to give you some comfort and strength when you need it. We hope these quotes can help you to get through the tough times and remind you that this too shall pass.