Sometimes you fall. You fail, make a mistake or just have a setback.
And sometimes life’s just unfair. No matter what you try.
These periods can go on for days or weeks. And sometimes even months.
It’s tough. But it’s at these times you need to hang in there and keep moving forward.
So in this post I’d like to help you with that and share 90 of the best hang in there quotes to renew your motivation and energy and shift negative thoughts to a positive mindset.
And if you want even more motivation then check out this post with short, four word quotes and this one filled quotes on thankfulness.
Uplifting Hang in There Quotes
“Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett
“At the very moment when people underestimate you is when you can make a breakthrough.”
Germany Kent
“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”
Ivy Baker Priest
“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we will make the goal.”
Jerome Fleishman
“Pause and remember – You will make it to the other side of this hardship.”
Jennifer Young
“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.”
Les Brown
“Hang in there. Everything is going to be alright. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually.”
Unknown
“Over the years, I’ve learned that if you can just hang in there and, regardless of what’s presented to you, take it as a challenge and try to bring in something fresh, then it works.”
Adam West
“There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.”
Ezra Taft Benson
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”
Horace
“Hang in there, strong girl. Hard times don’t last forever. Life moves on. And so will you.”
Eunice Loreto
“In the end, everything will be okay. If it’s not okay, it’s not yet the end.”
Fernando Sabino
“The people who stick with things for years and never stop almost always win the race.”
James Clear
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus
“You just work through it. You just hang in there.”
Gayle Forman
“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
Julie Andrews.
“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
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
Inspirational Hang in There Quotes
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
“Hang in there. Even very slow progress is better than no progress.”
Unknown
“Whatever you do to gain your success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.”
Don Rickles
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.”
Joe Girard
“You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.”
Norman Vincent Peale
“Sometimes you will think you can’t take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.”
Taya Kyle
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
Henry Stanley Haskins
“God never shuts one door without opening a bigger, better door. Hang in there. You are closer to success than you may think.”
Zig Ziglar
“Be ready to face all the challenges that life may bring, and never lose hope! Be in command of your life. Better your brain by having a better attitude about life.”
Chris Mentis
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
Dr. Seuss
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
Victor Hugo
“There is in every true woman’s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”
Washington Irving
“Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.”
Josh Billings
“Sometimes life gets weird. Hang in there, it gets better.”
Tanner Patrick
“The extent of the struggle determines the extent of the growth. The obstacle is an advantage, not adversity. The enemy is any perception that prevents us from seeing this.”
Ryan Holiday
“Three tips for becoming successful: consistency, consistency, and consistency.”
Joe De Sana
“When you get to the end of your rope. Tie a knot and hang on.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Motivating Hang in There Quotes
“The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream… hang in there.”
James De La Vega
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
Alexander Graham Bell
“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is, you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.”
George Allen
“Life is rough so you gotta be tough.”
Johnny Cash
“Don’t let the many distractions and many temptations of life pull your attention away from what you deep down want out of your life. Hang in there and stay sharp and focused on the next step towards your dream.”
Unknown
“If you have the character to hang in there when it’s tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to win the game of life.”
Zig Ziglar
“The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success.”
Jack Canfield
“You are amazing simply for hanging in there and holding on, no matter how hard things get! And for moving forward no matter how scared you are or how anxious you feel. Yep, you are impressively awesome.”
Karen Salmansohn
“If things are going bad and life is tough, hang in there. Ride it out. Come out on top.”
Ashton Irwin
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we recommend it daily.”
Zig Ziglar
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Thomas Edison
“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
“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself. To persevere and hang in there and believe in yourself.”
Steve Nash
“You can’t shine like a diamond, if you are not willing to get cut like a diamond!”
Eric Thomas
“Like success, failure is many things to many people. With positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, and a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order to prepare to try again.”
W. Clement Stone
“I think if you just hang in there long enough and keep doing what you know is your sweet spot, I think the world eventually catches up to you.”
Courtney B. Vance
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… 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
“Pause and remember. You will make it to the other side of this hardship. One day you will look back with wiser eyes, understanding and gratitude. Hang in there!”
Jenni Young
Wise and Thoughtful Hang in There Quotes
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
Max Lerner
“Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come. Remember everything you have faced, all the battles you have won, and all the fears you have overcome.”
Unknown
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
Oscar Wilde
“What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning – and some of them many times over – what do you find? That you can swim?
Well – life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!”
Alfred Adler
“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.”
Flavia Weedn
“Just because you are struggling doesn’t mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there! Opportunity always comes with opposition! Hang in there!“
Unknown
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”
Marie Curie
“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”
Edwin Markham
“It is always darkest before the dawn.”
Unknown
“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
Thomas Carlyle
“If there’s anything I’m proud of in my career, it’s that I’ve been able to hang in there and keep progressing over the years.”
Doris Burke
“I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
Agatha Christie
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
Randy Pausch
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas Edison
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
Henry Ford
Short Hang in There Quotes
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
Richard Bach
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill
“I’m not telling you it is going to be easy – I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.”
Art Williams
“A bend in the road is not the end of the road. Unless you fail to make the turn.”
Helen Keller
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”
Kenji Miyazawa
“One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.”
Col. Harland Sanders
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
James A. Michener
“Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
Conrad Hiton
“You always pass failure on the way to success.”
Mickey Rooney
“Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.”
Laurence J. Peter
“Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.”
Hugh Miller
“If what you are doing is worth doing, hang in there until it is done.”
Nido R Qubein
“Hard work works harder than luck.”
Germany Kent
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
Japanese Proverb
“Let your strongest muscle be the will.”
James Lendall Basford
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny…”
C.S. Lewis
“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.”
Maya Angelou
“So often in life a new chapter awaits. You ride off into the sunset and discover it’s the sunrise.”
Robert Brault
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Want even more timeless wisdom to inspire courage and motivate? Check out this post about the little things that truly matter in life and also this one with one day at a time quotes.