Top 40 Bad Day Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “No matter how bad it is, or how bad it gets, I’m going to make it.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes

2. “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.”

— Charles R. Swindoll

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Positivity Quotes, Mindset Quotes

3. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

— Mary Anne Radmacher

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

4. “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

5. “Don’t be sad! Because God sends hope in the most desperate moments. Don’t forget, the heaviest rain comes out of the darkest clouds.”

— Rumi

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Spiritual Growth Quotes

6. “No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.”

— Regina Brett

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Confidence Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women

7. “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Also featured in: Change Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Sad Quotes About Life

8. “Every setback is a setup for a comeback!”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Feel Good Quotes

9. “Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Time Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Positive Life Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

10. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”

— H. G. Wells

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Adversity Quotes

11. “Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.”

— Regina Brett

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Positive Short Quotes, Mind Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

12. “It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Impact Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Giving Up Quotes

13. “It’s healthy to admit you’re not ok. ‘It’s ok not to be ok’ it’s brave. But don’t let it win. Be sad. Have your moment, your day or week. Then do something about it and be happy. For yourself.”

— Jessie J.

Also featured in: Emotional Quotes, Mental Health Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Healing Quotes, Health Quotes

14. “Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.”

— Frank Sinatra

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes About Life, Recovery Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Challenges Quotes

15. “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

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Failure Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

16. “Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by if you smile through your pain and sorrow. Smile and maybe tomorrow, you’ll see the sun come shining through for you.”

— Charlie Chaplin

Also featured in: Moving On Quotes, Quotes About Trying, Quotes About Hope, Pain Quotes, Smile Quotes

17. “Breathe. It’s only a bad day not a bad life.”

— Ashley Purdy

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Helping Quotes

18. “All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That’s how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day.”

— Alan Moore

Also featured in: Sad Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Suffering Quotes

19. “That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: “Good.”

— Jocko Willink

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes, Tuesday Motivational Quotes

20. “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

21. “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”

— Lou Holtz

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Positive Short Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

22. “Don’t ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!”

— Russell Simmons

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

23. “If anything can go wrong it will.”

— Edward A. Murphy, Jr.

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Silly Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Principles And Laws, Engineering Quotes

24. “Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better.”

— Kevin Henkes

Also featured in: Optimism Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Future Quotes, Don't Give Up Quotes

25. “In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don’t worry. Be happy.”

— Bobby McFerrin

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Happy Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Good Morning Quotes

26. “Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so keep going and don’t give up.”

— Imran Khan

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Giving Up Quotes, Healing Quotes, Survival Quotes, Hero Quotes

27. “Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Different Quotes, Letting Go Quotes

28. “Don’t wait for the storms of your life to pass. Learn to dance in the rain.”

— Steve Rizzo

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Different Quotes

29. “Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.”

— Robert H. Schuller

Also featured in: Sunday Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Quotes for Better Decisions

30. “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

Also featured in: Blessing Quotes, Sunday Morning Quotes, Faith Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

31. “No one can ruin your day without your permission.”

— Steve Gilliland

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes, Joy Quotes

32. “What fresh hell is this?”

— Dorothy Parker

Also featured in: Sarcastic Quotes, Funny Monday Quotes

33. “Look up, get up and don’t ever give up.”

— Michael Irvin

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Victory Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Graduation Quotes

34. “Don’t start your day with broken pieces of the past. Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand new day and it’s yours.”

— Zig Ziglar

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Moving Quotes, Healing Quotes

35. “Don’t let the hard days win.”

— Sarah J. Maas

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Survival Quotes

36. “When you feel like you’ve had it up to here, and you’re mad enough to scream, but you’re sad enough to tear, that’s rock bottom.”

— Eminem

Also featured in: Suffering Quotes, Sadness Quotes

37. “Every storm runs out of rain, just like every dark night turns into day.”

— Gary Allan

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, New Beginnings Quotes, Happy Monday Quotes, Healing Grief Quotes

38. “With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”

— Max Ehrmann

Also featured in: Cheer Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Happy Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Contentment Quotes

39. “No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can’t be defeated.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Keep Going Quotes

40. “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

Also featured in: Cute Quotes, Happy Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Hilarious Quotes