Words of Encouragement for Hard Times


During every person’s life there comes a moment when they feel that they can’t do anything anymore, they feel weak, or tired. Maybe right now you are going through one of those moments. Or maybe you just lost some motivation, and you need a quick boost.

Whatever the case might be, in this article you will find some of the most encouraging words that exist. This article was made over the course of multiple years, and it’s made up of words that I personally used when I was going through hard times.

So let’s not waste any more time and get to the list.

  • Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.
  • Stars can’t shine without darkness.
  • When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
  • Tough times never last, but tough people do.
  • I Am Strong Because I’ve Been Weak. I Am Fearless Because I’ve Been Afraid.
  • The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow.
  • Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
  • The world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places.
  • You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
  • Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
  • When you know better, you do better.
  • People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
  • Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
  • Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
  • Just remember, even your worst days only have twenty-four hours.
  • Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
  • Be happy – it drives people crazy.
  • You don’t have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.
  • You’re stronger than you know.
  • Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.
  • Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
  • Believe in yourself a little more.
  • You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.
  • When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off 
  • against the wind, not with it.
  • Fall seven times, stand up eight.
  • Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need  to know.
  • Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.
  • Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.
  • When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard’, I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’
  • A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
  • If You’re Lucky Enough To Be Different, Don’t Ever Change.
  • Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.
  • A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
  • You Attract What You Are, Not What You Want If You Want Great, Then Be Great.
  • Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.
  • Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.
  • You need to be buried deep in the dirt before you can find your bloom.
  • In life, we make the best decisions we can with the information we have on hand.
  • Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
  • Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear.
  • You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
  • If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
  • Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
  • You’re Allowed To Scream, You’re Allowed To Cry, But Do Not Give Up.
  • Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.
  • Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you have ever been, to stand up taller 
  • than you ever were.
  • One word of encouragement can be enough to spark someone’s motivation to continue with a difficult challenge.
  • I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
  • Like anything else, you’ll never truly understand until it happens to you. And even then it takes a while to understand it.

Final words

I hope you found this article useful and that it will help you and the persons around you. If you want to ask a question, or if you have any words that you would like to add to the list please feel free to leave a comment in the section below.

And if you would like to share a story and share with everybody how using a positive word helped you or somebody you know, you can also use the comment section.

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