70 Best Positive Uplifting Quotes For Hard Times

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If someone is unhappy, some way to motivate them to be happy is known as uplifting. Every time someone is going through some difficult time in life. At the same time, the person needs some source that can keep him/her happy, to turn his bad mood into a happy mood. Here we are sharing some inspiring positive uplifting quotes & thoughts which have been said by some experts. With the help of these inspirational uplifting quotes and sayings, you will be able to know how you can find happiness to uplift your mood in difficult times.

Positive uplifting quotes for hard times

1. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” ― Lucy Maud Montgomery

2. “I will always find a way and a way will always find me.” ― Charles F. Glassman

3. “How you make others feel about themselves says a lot about you.” ― Muhammad Ali

4. “In the darkest times of your life, your praise to God should be the loudest. Let the enemy know you’re not afraid of the dark.” ― Stormie Omartian

5. “You have to keep looking on the bright because you’ll never find anything in the dark.” ― Zack W. Van

6. “I know it may not be an easy thing to do, but with the right person by their side, they can conquer anything.” ― Stephanie Kaleto

7. “In the end, you will not see the physical beauty in others that caught your eye, but the fire that burned within them. This kind of beauty is the bonfire you had to attend.” ― Shannon L. Alder

8. “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” ― Doe Zantamata

9. “Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love it! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!” ― Anne Frank

10. “When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly.” ― Annicken R. Day

11. “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” ― Og Mandino

Uplifting Quotes to motivate someone in difficult times

12. “If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don’t, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way.” ― Matt D. Miller

13. “Everything is within your power, and your power is within you.” ― Janice Trachtman

14. “If reading makes you happy, do it. Whatever makes your heart sing and brings you joy, do that too.” ― C. Toni Graham

15. “Don’t be afraid when you have to pray fervently because of your circumstances. God is wanting to do something great through you!” ― Stormie Omartian

16. “God wants to bless us in many ways that require faith. We must trust that He is answering our prayers even when we can’t see it.” ― Stormie Omartian

17. “Always surround yourself with people who lift you up, rather than hold you down.” ― Donald L. Hicks

18. “Accept each other. Love. Even if it is messy. Live with no regrets. Remember that diversity is our strength. We shouldn’t be building walls, we should be tearing them down. Accept each other no matter who we love, how we pray, or how we look.” ― Johnny Corn

Good uplifting quotes for stressful times

19. “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

20. “Love so joyfully and freely given can never be taken away. It is never truly gone.” ― Cameron Dokey

21. “It’s hard to believe there are people that don’t read books. There’s so much magic in words and well-told stories.” ― C. Toni Graham

22. “Writers have influenced thoughts, principals, viewpoints, and experiences throughout history. A talented writer’s pen is anointed with magic!” ― C. Toni Graham

23. “It’s important that you keep asking God to show you what He wants you to do. If you don’t ask, you won’t know.” ― Stormie Omartian

24. “It’s always great to see someone’s life changed for the better, and to be involved in something like that is really uplifting for me.” ― Trent Alexander-Arnold

25. “We need to pay attention to the whole space – every room, chair, and table – so it feels uplifting and inspiring.” ― Miguel McKelvey

26. “Don’t be afraid. Because you’re going to be afraid. But remember when you become afraid, just don’t be afraid.” ― Joan Jett

27. “Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.” ― Marie Con Ebner-Eschenbach

Short inspirational uplifting quotes

28. “Life is not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.” ― George Strait

29. “Moments come & moments go, but can last a lifetime in your heart. Make them count!” ― Mark Hewer

30. “Be grateful for all of your imperfections and flaws. They are your teachers.” ― Tiffany Fenton

31. “As long as you meditate on the scriptures, you will uplift your spirit.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

32. “If you have life and good health, you have the greatest blessings.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

33. “A problem is an answer waiting to be opened.” ― Peter Lerangis

34. “Being able to change the world and change hearts and minds – it’s uplifting.” ― MJ Rodriguez

35. “May you find much more grace for everyday life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

36. “I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.” ― Jewish Proverb

37. “You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.” ― Amy Poehler

38. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” ― Maya Angelou

39. “The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” ― Paul Valery

40. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein

Uplifting quotes about life

41. “Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” ― Albert Schweitzer

42. “If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” ― Michael Jackson

43. “The quality of your relationships will determine the quality of your life. And this is something worth praying about.” ― Stormie Omartian

44. “The battle for our lives, and the lives of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, & our nation, is waged on our knees.” ― Stormie Omartian

45. “Life was strangely glorious like that sometimes; just as it could be cruel and unforgiving, so could it be a mysterious wonderland of unexpected joy and chance encounters.” ― C.E. Clayton

46. “There are challenges in everyday life. May you find the courage to overcome the challenges.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

47. “Life is an individual race of endurance.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

48. “I tell myself, ‘You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.” ― Serena Williams

49. “I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” ― Charlotte Brontë

50. “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.” ― Charles Swindoll

51. “You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go and see what happens.” ― Mandy Hale

52. “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” ― Helen Keller

Inspirational positive uplifting quotes

53. “Blessings! Count them and be thankful. Ask for an abundance of them and accept with gratitude.” ― C. Toni Graham

54. “Don’t believe negative voices. Listen to the divine instinct of awakening the soul.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

55. “If we will imagine the thing we want and do our part to “be in the right place at the right time,” there isn’t anything we can’t do, be, or attain.” ― Daniel Willey

56. “Spending a few moments right when you wake up to inspire and motivate yourself can make all the difference in the rest of your day.” ― Daniel Willey

57. “My mission is to be a positive, uplifting, constructive, and healing influence in the lives of those I touch.” ― Laurie Buchanan

58. “You don’t have to be bitter in life. Focus on the beauty of life.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

59. “Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” ― Nicole Kidman

60. “To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.” ― Barbara DeAngelis

61. “Make your life a masterpiece, imagine no limitations on what you can be, have, or do.” ― Brian Tracy

62. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” ― Malala Yousafzai

63. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ― Alice Walker

Best positive uplifting quotes for work

64. “Keep writing, dreaming, and creating. There are no boundaries to your imagination. Writers are gifts to the world.” ― C. Toni Graham

65. “You have the capacity to do the work.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita

66. “Everyone finds my work super sad. I never do. I always find it uplifting in a weird way.” ― Jeff Lemire

67. “Let’s not look at working hard as a negative; let’s look at it as an uplifting opportunity for us to be better.” ― Adam Neumann

68. “They were totally uplifting my work and gave me a platform, and now I have an ongoing relationship with the White House. We’re working on some very, very, very big things for the trans community.” ― Angelica Ross

69. “The work that I engage with, whether it’s self-generated or collaborative, is uplifting and supporting historically marginalized and disenfranchised people because when I uplift up those groups, I’m uplifting myself and supporting myself – it works out in that way.” ― Asia Kate Dillon

70. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” ― Dolly Parton

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