Hey mamas, as we all know life hits you with many ups and downs. For me, a dinner with a friend, an inspiring quote, or even an inspirational movie help t0 pull me through the struggles. Here are 50 of my favorite inspirational quotes about life and struggles. Also, check out our Rookie Moms Facebook Group for more inspiration and a community of moms who are there to support each other.
50 Inspirational Quotes About Life and Struggles
Powering Through the Struggle
1: “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” – Robert Tew
2: “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Bob Marley
3: “Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.” – Nicky Gumbel
4: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” – Frederick Douglass
5: “What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.” – Brene Brown
6: “If you let it, the struggle can become one of the most beautiful parts of the story.” – Whitney English
7: “Just because you’re struggling, doesn’t mean you’re failing.” – Jason Manford
8: “Strength comes from struggle. 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
9: “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
10: “We grow because we struggle, we learn and overcome.” – R.C. Allen
Life Quotes About the Struggle of Parenting
11: “Successful mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They’re the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.” – Sharon Jaynes
12: “Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about, but the hardest thing in the world to do.” – Matt Walsh
13: “Say ‘no’ only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fine.” – Gretchen Rubin
14: “There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.” – Dave Willis
15: “First and foremost, we need to be the adult we want our children to be.” – Brene Brown
Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles
16: “The most important work you will ever do will be within the walls of your own home.” – Harold B. Lee
17: “Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.” – W.E.B. DuBois
18: “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Benjamin Spock
19: “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” – Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum
20: “Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.” – Bill Ayers
When Life is Challenging and You’re Struggling to See the Light
21: “Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” – Joseph Campbell
22: “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou
23: “It’s your road, and yours alone. others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.” – Rumi
24: “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
25: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
26: “Falling down is an accident. Staying down is a choice.” – Rosemary Nonny Knight
27: “Change is the only constant in life.” – Heraclitus
28: “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
29: “I am thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” – Alex Ellie
Inspirational Quotes About Life and Struggles from Celebrities
30: “Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.” – Angelina Jolie
31: “If life you don’t regret the things you do, you regret the things you don’t do.” – Hugh Jackman
32: “Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.” – Keanu Reeves
33: “Worrying is like praying for something you don’t want to happen.” – Robert Downey Jr.
34: “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.” – Stephen Hawking
35: “The struggle ends when gratitude begins.” – Neale Donald Walsch
36: “My goal is not to be better than anyone else, but to be better than I used to be.” – Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
37: “I don’t want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about.” – Emma Watson
38: “What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” – John Green
39: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
40: “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
Life and Nature
41: “Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” -Mario Fernandez
42: “We are all broken, that’s how the light gets in.” – Ernest Hemingway
43: “A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings.” – Charlie Wardle
44: “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.” – Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
45: “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” – Alan Watts
46: “You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore
47: “Of all the paths you take in life, make a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir
48: “Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
49: “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
50: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – Albert Einstein
Life is definitely full of ups and downs. Sometimes it might feel hard to live life to it’s fullest, especially as a new mom. Have faith, us mamas are all in this together. I hope you are feeling a little better after reading these 50 inspirational quotes about life and struggles. You got this.
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