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Oct 30, 2016

99 Uplifting Quotes to Spark Your Soul and See You Through Hard Times.

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99 Uplifting Quotes to Spark Your Soul and See You Through Hard Times. | Annie Wright, LMFT | www.anniewright.com

For many of us there are times in life that can simply feel really hard, really draining and where it’s almost impossible to imagine that things will ever get better again.

If you’re experiencing one of these tough times yourself, today’s blog post is meant simply to provide you with a boost of spirit-strengthening nourishment, uplifting emotional support, and hearty mental inspiration in the form of 99 handpicked, curated quotes on overcoming adversity, finding hope, and practicing resilience in the face of this mysterious thing called Life.

99 Uplifting Quotes to Spark Your Soul and See You Through Hard Times. | Annie Wright, LMFT | www.anniewright.com

99 Uplifting Quotes to Spark Your Soul and See You Through Hard Times.

Bookmark this list of motivational quotes for a tough day and share it widely those who may need this support, too. Because, after all, who among us doesn’t go through hard times and require a little extra support, an extra spark for our soul?

And PS: Leave me a message in the comments below to let me know what one favorite motivational quote you would add to this list — the 100th quote of the list.

99 Uplifting Motivational Quotes to Spark Your Soul and See You Through Hard Times.

  1. “She could never go back and make some of the details pretty. All she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful.” ― Terri St. Cloud
  2. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
  3. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” ― J. K. Rowling
  4. “You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it’s hard. Not because you’re doing it wrong, but because it hurts for everybody. Don’t avoid the pain. You need it. It’s meant for you. Be still with it, let it come, let it go, let it leave you with the fuel you’ll burn to get your work done on this earth.” ― Glennon Doyle Melton
  5. “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
  6. “If you are going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston S. Churchill
  7. “You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.” ― Anne Lamott
  8. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” ― Steve Maraboli
  9. “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.” ― Mary Oliver
  10. “Though fairy tales end after ten pages, our lives do not. We are multi-volume sets. In our lives, even though one episode amounts to a crash and burn, there is always another episode awaiting us. And then another. There are always more opportunities to get it right. To fashion our lives in the ways we deserve to have them. Don’t waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success.” ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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