160 Life is Hard Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!”

— Aly Raisman

152. “If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”

— Frank Clark

153. “There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.”

— Nhat Hanh

154. “I had a dream my life would be different from this hell I am living, so different from what it seemed. Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.”

— Victor Hugo

155. “These are the times that try men’s souls.”

— Thomas Paine

156. “If you’re lazy, don’t expect much in terms of success. You’re owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It’s earned.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

157. “Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.”

— Seneca the Younger

158. “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.”

— Frida Kahlo

159. “The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.”

— Sivananda

160. “Hope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.”

— Charles H. Spurgeon

161. “Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.”

— Richard M. Nixon

162. “Embrace the struggle and let it make you stronger. It won’t last forever.”

— Tony Gaskins

163. “What doesn’t kill me, can only make me stronger.”

— Kanye West

164. “No one is coming to save me; no one is coming to make life right for me; no one is coming to solve my problems. If I don’t do something, nothing is going to get better.”

— Nathaniel Branden

165. “Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.”

— Sarah Kay

166. “Wake up everyday stronger than yesterday, face your fears and wipe your tears.”

— Tyga

167. “The hardest things in life are done the least but provide the most.”

— Greg Plitt

168. “It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

169. “Things are rough all over.”

— S. E. Hinton

170. “Ooh baby, baby, it’s a wild world, it’s hard just to get by upon a smile.”

— Cat Stevens

171. “It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.”

— Soren Kierkegaard

172. “Life isn’t easy, no matter where you are. You’ll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them.”

— Sarah J. Maas

173. “Sometimes you’re flush and sometimes you’re bust, and when you’re up, it’s never as good as it seems, and when you’re down, you never think you’ll be up again, but life goes on.”

— George Jung

174. “Life will let you get away with something for a while, but sooner or later, you will pay the price. Everything you do in life causes the effects that you experience. When you get the bill, be prepared to pay.”

— Iyanla Vanzant

175. “You know it’s funny, when it rains it pours they got money for wars, but can’t feed the poor.”

— Tupac Shakur

176. “Come on obstacles! I’ve been expecting you! This is the chance that I’ve been waiting for!”

— Daisaku Ikeda

177. “Growth hurts because change isn’t easy, that’s why they call it growing pains.”

— Tony Gaskins

178. “No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still; with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.”

— Corrie ten Boom

179. “You’re responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it’s up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you – for any of you.”

— Louis Sachar