Quotes For Encouragement

When a friend is going through a tough time, sometimes all they need is a few words of strength to help them get through it. Here are the top 99 quotes to inspire and uplift your friend:

1. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
2. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
3. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
4. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
5. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
6. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
7. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
8. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
9. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
10. “You are never too small to make a difference.” – Greta Thunberg

11. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
12. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou
13. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
14. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
15. “The only way out is through.” – Robert Frost
16. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
17. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” – Mark Twain
18. “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.” – Unknown
19. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
20. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean

21. “Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” – Aisha Tyler
22. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
23. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
24. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
25. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
26. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
27. “The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
28. “I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.” – Erica Jong
29. “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
30. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

31. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
32. “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
33. “Hope is a waking dream.” – Aristotle
34. “Hope is the anchor of life.” – Unknown
35. “The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope.” – Barbara Kingsolver
36. “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama
37. “Once you choose hope, anything is possible.” – Christopher Reeve
38. “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
39. “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” – Suzanne Collins
40. “Hope is a powerful force. It can make anything possible.” – Unknown

41. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.” – Len Wein
42. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
43. “Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.” – Edna Buchanan
44. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell
45. “True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.” – Nicole Richie
46. “A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” – Elbert Hubbard
47. “The language of friendship is not words but meanings.” – Henry David Thoreau
48. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
49. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” – Leo Buscaglia
50. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'” – C.S. Lewis

51. “Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.” – Paulo Coelho
52. “We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
53. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” – Nicholas Sparks
54. “Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” – Osho
55. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
56. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” – Nicholas Sparks
57. “Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
58. “Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where you’re headed.” – Jodi Picoult
59. “Love is not what you say. Love is what you do.” – Unknown
60. “Love is an adventure, it’s not a destination.” – Unknown

61. “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
62. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot