15 Best Motivational Quotes to Push You Through Tough Times

Life is a beautiful mixture of ebbs and flows and highs and lows. If life was easy and perfect we'd never endure obstacles or have rainy days. We all hit a rough patch in life. These periods can last for days, or for some, decades.

During tough times, I've used quotes to inspire, uplift and help me through tough times. This is part of the reason my weekly Sunspiration exists.  Below are 15 of my favorite quotes to help you when the going gets tough.  

"Tough times never last, but tough people do."
​—Robert H. Schuller

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"To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist."
​—Gail Sheehy, Author

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"And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about."
​―Haruki Murakami

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"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

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"Never give up. There are always tough times, regardless of what you do in anything in life. Be able to push through those times and maintain your ultimate goal."
​-Nathan Chen

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"God already knows what we're made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we're made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times."
-John Bytheway

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“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”  
– Albert Einstein

"The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths."
—Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

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“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
​-C.S. Lewis

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“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm, take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.”
​-LL Cool J

"Adversity introduces a man to himself." 
​– Albert Einstein

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"Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right." 
– Sherrilyn Kenyon

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"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
​  – Joshua J. Marine

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"Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it." 
​– Lou Holtz

What is your favorite quote regarding adversity? Know that whatever happens in your life, it's not happening to or against you. It's happening for you, for whatever reason. Maybe it's for a change, growth or to bring awareness to something that is affecting other people. Whatever you are going through, it is temporary but for your highest good.   

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