1,000 Inspirational Quotes For Friends Who Are Down (2023)
1. “At a time like this, don’t even bother with a dish. Just grab a spoon and start shoveling ice cream straight from the carton.”
2. “Everything’s always ending. But everything’s always beginning, too.” – Patrick Ness
3. “Positive anything is better than negative nothing. ” – Elbert Hubbard
4. “And you ask ‘What if I fall?’ Oh but my darling, what if you fly?”– Erin Hanson
5. “Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love. ” – Brené Brown
6. Write your favourite quotes in a journal or daily planner
7. “Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.”
8. “Success is not final failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston S. Churchill
9. “Sometimes it takes a tough ending to make a bright new beginning. Wishing you all the strength you need right now.”
10. Good things happen in your life when you surround yourself with positive people
11. “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.” —Anna Deavere Smith
12. “It’s not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.”– Zig Ziglar
13. Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy
14. “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
15. “True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.” – Charles Caleb Colton
16. “True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart.” — Helen Keller
17. Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. - Oprah
18. “The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind. ” – Joel Osteen
19. “Best friend: the one that you can be mad at only for a short period of time because you have important stuff to tell them.”
20. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
21. “I know school is really tough right now, but I’m proud of the way you’re hanging in there. Keep it up!”
22. Can quotes be used in a professional setting to uplift coworkers who are feeling low?
23. “Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.” – Nora Ephron
24. “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ” — Maya Angelou
25. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters. ” ― Audrey Hepburn
26. “The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both. Right now, I choose joy. ” – Deepak Chopra
27. “Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.”
28. It isn’t what you have or who you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy, it is what you think about
29. I know you can accomplish anything that you put your mind to do, never say, I can’t do this. You have control of your destiny. - Anonymous
30. “There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through… There needs to be a monster truck option.”
31. “One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”
32. “Best friends don’t care if your house is clean. They care if you have wine.”
33. “Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted, and encouraged – because last time you came in fifth. ” – Denis Waitley
34. Change is not a four-letter word but often your reaction to it is! - Jeffrey Gitomer
35. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. - Corrie Boom
36. “Sometimes we have to behave indifferent towards people who proclaim their love to us, just to see if they are really different.”
37. “You’re making a big change, and that’s a really big deal.”
38. “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” – Mahatma Gandhi
39. “When we go through our greatest challenges, we find valuable traits that can help us cope and support each other down the road. ”
40. You deserve to celebrate yourself
41. “Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.” – Barack Obama
42. “A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be anywhere else.”
43. I can’t always change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails
44. “Come friends, it’s not too late to seek a newer world. ” – Alfred Tennyson
45. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ” – Thomas Edison
46. “A genuine enemy is more useful than a fake friend.”
47. “When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me the energy to do even more. ” — Zlatan Ibrahimovic
48. “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.” – Terry Pratchett
49. “I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me. ” – Joshua Graham
50. Ask questions instead of giving orders.
51. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again
52. “Refuse failure. No matter how difficult the obstacles, find a way to around them. ” – JJ Goldwag
53. “Arrogance is used by the weak, while kindness is used by the strong. ” — Hans F. Hansen
54. “Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value. ” – Albert Einstein
55. “Some people are worth melting for.” —Olaf, Frozen
56. “If you have to hurt other people in order to feel powerful, you are an extremely weak individual. ” — Bobby J. Mattingly
57. “Never be ashamed of a scar. It means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. ” – Unknown
58. “It’s not that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but it’s your best friends who are your diamonds.” —Gina Barreca
59. “We get strength and encouragement from watching children.” Hayao Miyazaki
60. “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. ” – Cayla Mills
61. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. - Mary Hemingway
62. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
63. “I have Down’s Syndrome but that is not all I am.”
64. God is greater than any one of us. Trust in him and He is always ready to solve our problems. - Anonymous
65. How do I convey empathy through quotes when cheering someone up?
66. “The night is darkest just before dawn. And I promise you the dawn is coming.” – The Dark Knight.
67. “You’re never far from my thoughts.”
68. And you ask ‘What if I fall?’ Oh but my darling, what if you fly? - Erin Hanson
69. When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye. - Cathy Guisewite
70. No matter how bad it gets, remember everything’s temporary
71. “Excellence is in the details. Give attention to the details, and excellence will come.” – Perry Paxton
72. “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” Susan Gale
73. “Don’t let the bitterness from people destroy your beauty within. ” — Unknown
74. There is only one way to get the best of an argument -- and that is to avoid it.
75. “I’m sorry things are so hard right now. I’d like to take care of the yard for you until they get a little easier.”
76. “Never let your friends be lonely, disturb them all the time.”
77. “Virtual friends are like snow flakes.
78. “You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around. ” — Unknown
79. “There is always something to live for, even in the darkest hour. My life is better because you are in it, and without you, I’d be lost. ”
80. “I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
81. “If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
82. “Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.”
83. “There you go, let it all slide out. Unhappiness can’t stick in a person’s soul when it’s slick with tears.”
84. Whatever you need, we’re all here for you
85. “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein
86. “Friendship is the sweetest form of love.” – Jeremy Taylor
87. Can I develop my quotes to cheer someone up?
88. “You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way. ” – Dr. Seuss
89. “True friends are always together in spirit.”
90. It is the law of life if you are kind to someone, you feel happy
91. You are so much stronger than you think
92. “Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed you are. ” – Unknown
93. The best way to cheer yourself up is to try and cheer somebody else up
94. A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
95. “Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.” – Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
96. The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand
97. “Even when you might not feel it, you’ve got the strength to get through.”
98. “Know your worth and never settle for less. Rather be alone, but never in a company of people who put you down. ” — Kirsten Hill
99. “She is water: soft enough to offer life, tough enough to drown it away.” – Rupi Kaur
100. “You may have lost the game, but you never gave up. That makes you a winner in my book.”
101. “Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work.”– Joseph Barbara
102. “Friendship is the greatest gift one person can give another.” – Selena Gomez
103. Keep your chin up. You never know what’s around the corner
104. “Just keep swimming.” – Ellen DeGeneres
105. “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. ” – Eleanor Roosevelt
106. Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure
107. “Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.” – Buddha
108. “True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are. ” – Brené Brown
109. See the obstacles and feel the pain. But don’t dwell on them. With the right mindset, nothing in life is insurmountable
110. “You become a champion by fighting one more round. When things are tough, you fight one more round.” – James J. Corbett
111. “Difficulties come to grow you into something bigger.” – Iyanla Vanzant
112. “If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination. ” — Paolo Coelho
113. “All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better. ” — Selena Gomez
114. “Trust the timing of your life. ”
115. I wish you could appreciate yourself in the same way I appreciate you
116. “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
117. Every single time you struggle is another chance to grow
118. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
119. You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality in the mind next to honor. - Aristotle
120. It raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exaltation to admit one's mistakes.
121. Everything will be OK in the end, if it’s not OK, it’s not the end. - Anonymous
122. “No one can break me down. I know my worth and it’s a beautiful thing. ” — Iggy Azalea
123. “A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.”
124. Thank you for being you
125. “Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. ” — Wayne Dyer
126. “But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
127. The only thing permanent in this life is that everything is temporary
128. “Nobody ever told us life would be easy. It is worth it, however. ”
129. “Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.” — Henry Drummond
130. “A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life.” – Amit Kalantri
131. “I am always proud to be your friend, even in your darkest hour. If nothing else, let my love light the way out of this. ”
132. If you fall, I will pick you up…after I stop laughing
133. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing that’s why we recommend it daily. - Zig Ziglar
134. “It’s time to distance yourself from the people who let you down, the inconsistent one. It’s time to start loving yourself. ” — unknown
135. “A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.”
136. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ” ― C. S. Lewis
137. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ” ― Albert Camus
138. “It’s okay not to be okay.”
139. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ” – Confucius
140. “I hope you don’t feel alone as you go through this time. My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you all the way.”
141. “Cancer is a word, not a sentence.” – John Diamond
142. “A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” – Winnie the Pooh
143. “You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one. ” – Michael McMillan
144. “Care about what other people think, and you will always be their prisoner. ” — Lao Tzu
145. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
146. “Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation.” — Tennessee Williams
147. “Keep on keeping on!”
148. In good times and bad, you can count on me for support
149. “Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing the best you can!” Unknown
150. “Hearts take time to heal. Be gentle with yourself.”
151. When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. - Les Brown
152. “I’ll tell everyone in the world that you are the only one that matters.” – Ernest Hemingway
153. “One of the happiest moments in life is when you find the courage to let go of what you cannot change. ” – Unknown
154. “I’ll plan to leave Tuesday night meals in the cooler by your front door by 5:00. If you feel up for a visitor, just text me ahead of time.”
155. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ” — Henry Ford
156. “Please don’t say negative things about yourself. That’s my best friend you’re talking to, and I won’t let anyone talk to her like that!”
157. “In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, for in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
158. “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”
159. The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall
160. “Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.”
161. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” — Walter Winchell
162. “Yesterday is heavy. Put it down. ”
163. “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget tossing in the lifeboats.” -Voltaire
164. To be interesting, be interested.
165. “You have survived and thrived through every challenge you’ve faced. You will do the same with this challenge. ”
166. “It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always. ” – Oprah Winfrey
167. “Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. ” ― Rumi
168. Don’t be tired of doing the same things every day, when success knocks your door you will remember it was worth the effort. - Anonymous
169. “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”
170. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ” ― Winston Churchill
171. You don’t attract bad people. You just see the good in others that not everyone can see. Never stop searching for the good. ”
172. “Just want to remind you that we love you and we’re proud of you no matter what.”
173. Read these inspirational quotes when you feel most vulnerable – before bed or first thing in the morning is a good time
174. “I am thankful for my struggle because without it I wouldn’t have come across my strength.”
175. Go easy on yourself, my friend. You don’t deserve to beat yourself up
176. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”– Colin Powell
177. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.” – Ella Fitzgerald
178. Stick your chin up, chest out, and shoulders back. You can do this
179. “We all experienced people putting us down and people saying we couldn’t do it. We overcame it. ” — Leigh—Anne Pinnock
180. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton
181. Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted, and encouraged – because last time you came in fifth. - Denis Waitley
182. “True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.”
183. A journey starts with one step, make that step today, and move out of your comfort zone. - Anonymous
184. “Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.” – Thomas J. Watson
185. “Our way is not soft grass; it’s a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.” – Ruth Westheimer
186. If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. - Dalai Lama
187. “God will not put you in a place you’re not strong enough to stand. ” — Unknown
188. “This too shall pass. It might pass like a kidney stone. but it will pass.”
189. “Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.” – Sri Chinmoy
190. “The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.” – Mike Ditka
191. “No one got me like I got me. No matter what people try to do, I always got my back. ” — Unknown
192. “Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.”
193. “The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.” – Mulan
194. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” Oprah Winfrey
195. “When something goes wrong in your life just yell ‘plot twist!’ and move on.”
196. Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring. - Anonymous
197. “True and sincere one always remembers how to make you happy by doing little things.”
198. “Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
199. Life is like a sewer… what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. - Tom Lehrer
200. “Be strong. Take no nonsense. Don’t let others bring you down. ” — Ray Alexander
201. “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ” – Will Rogers
202. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” – Will Rogers
203. It might not be easy, but you can do it! You’ve got this
204. “You are amazing for facing this with so much courage and hope.”
205. People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
206. Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. - Jacques Prevert
207. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
208. “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”
209. Three-fourths of the people you will meet are hungering for sympathy. Give it to them and they will love you.
210. “Success doesn’t rush. The greatest reward is the journey.” – Jeff Moore
211. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. ” – Maya Angelou
212. “ Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up. ” — Habeeb Akande
213. The first step is you have to say you can
214. “What you’re going through stinks. I’ll be holding my nose along with you until things get better. (And they will!)”
215. “Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran
216. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. ” – The Dalai Lama
217. “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. ” ― Paulo Coelho
218. “This is what you’re going through, not who you are.”
219. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
220. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
221. “No wise words or advice here. Just me. Thinking of you. Hoping for you. Wishing you better days ahead.”
222. Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths. - Drew Barrymore
223. “Try to be like the turtle – at ease in your own shell.”
224. “I know it has been tough, but I’m still cheering for you. ”
225. “There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.“
226. “Practice like you’ve never won. Perform like you've never lost. ” – Bernard Asuncion
227. “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
228. “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” – Francesca Reigler
229. “Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
230. Enjoy the little things in life; the little things are the ones that make big things. - Anonymous
231. “A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”
232. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.” – Joe Girard
233. “Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.”
234. Alone you cannot make it, but together as friends, everything is possible. - Anonymous
235. Just because something isn't happening for you right now, it doesn't mean it never will. -Anonymous
236. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: You haven’t.” – Thomas Edison
237. “Hope you’re doing awesome!”
238. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius
239. Believe in yourself as much as I do and nothing will ever stop you from achieving your dreams
240. “If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.” – Steven Wright
241. How do I know if the quote is relevant to the person I’m trying to cheer up?
242. “It’s OK not to be OK.”
243. Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try. - Jack Canfield
244. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. - Oprah Winfrey
245. “I don’t know what depression feels like, and wish with all my heart that you didn’t have to know, either.”
246. “The best defense is to keep off the radar of negative people. ” — Steven Redhead
247. “The sun is up, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful and so are you!” – Unknown
248. “Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend.”
249. “Know how often I think of you? Always.”
250. “You can’t climb up a mountain with downhill thoughts. ” — Unknown
251. “Stop allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions” — Steve Maraboli
252. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”– Michael Jordan
253. Courage isn't having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t have strength. - Napoleon Bonaparte
254. “No matter how hard you work to bring yourself up, there’s someone out there working just as hard, to put you down. ” — Dr. Dre
255. “You are completely and unconditionally loved.”
256. Hold on and help yourself to hope and happiness. Neither are limited resources!
257. Remember, greatness never comes from comfort zones
258. “Stay strong and remember how many people care about you. (I’m one of them!)”
259. “This is tough, but you’re tougher.”
260. Defeat is simply a signal to press onward. - Helen Keller
261. “Whatever you do, always give 100%. Unless you’re donating blood. ” – Bill Murray
262. “What breaks you down is not the amount of pressure you feel at one time, but it’s the way you perceive and handle it. ” — Ashish Patel
263. “You miss 100% of the chances you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
264. “We’ve been friends for so long I can’t remember which one of us is the bad influence.”
265. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson
266. “Patience puts up with those you’d like to put down. ” — Rick Warren
267. “Girl, you already have what it takes. ”
268. “Don’t worry about getting Brendan to and from school and practices. Emily and I have it covered for as long as you need.”
269. “Friendship is not about who acts true to your face. It’s about people who remain true behind your back.”
270. Trust me, you are more beautiful, courageous, talented, and intelligent than you’re giving yourself credit for. Believe in yourself
271. How do I choose the right quote to cheer someone up?
272. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. - Stephen King
273. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” Japanese Proverb
274. “I love you no matter what.”
275. “Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart. ” – Abraham Lincoln
276. You can't win an argument. If you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.
277. Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway
278. Comparison is the thief of joy. Be kind to yourself
279. “Two things you will never have to chase: True friends & true love.”
280. “The most important thing right now is to focus on getting better… everything else can wait.”
281. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
282. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” – The Help
283. “And ‘til the very end you’re my best friend.” —Unknown
284. “It’s important to make someone happy, and it’s important to start with yourself. ”
285. “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.”
286. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. - Maya Angelou
287. “Refuse failure. No matter how difficult the obstacles, find a way to around them.” – J.J. Goldwag
288. “Beware of those around you who subtly sow the seeds of doubt. ” ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
289. “Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it” Charles Swindoll
290. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ” ― Winston Churchill
291. I may not always be there with you. But I will ALWAYS be there for you
292. “There is nothing better than a friend, unless it’s a friend with chocolate.” —Linda Grayson
293. “When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can either let it define you, let it destroy you or let it strengthen you.”
294. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ” – Thomas A. Edison
295. A problem is your chance to do your best
296. “The best time to make friends is before you need them.”
297. “Sorry things are crappy. If you need somebody to binge-watch a whole season of something with you, I’m there.”
298. “You’re being incredibly brave. I’m proud of you.”
299. Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines
300. “People who wonder whether the glass if half empty or half full are missing the point. The glass is refillable. ” - Unknown
301. “I’m never more than a text or call away. Don’t hesitate to reach out. (I plan to check in on you, too.)”
302. You are enough
303. Keep on rolling, babe
304. “Remember. Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you. ” — Ziad K. Abdelnour
305. “Every day may not be good, but there is some good in every day. ” – Alice Morse Earle
306. “A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.“
307. “Every day may not be a good day, but there is good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle
308. “We’ll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home.”
309. “The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.” – Seneca the Younger
310. “Just because it didn’t happen for you now doesn’t mean it’s never going to happen. It just means there’s another step to get there. ”
311. It will pass, we can ride it out together. - Anonymous
312. Every day may not be a good day, but there is good in every day. - Anonymous
313. “We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.” – Lance Armstrong
314. You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.
315. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
316. “…When the world is falling apart around you, it’s time to take down the drapes and make a new dress. ” – Karen Moning
317. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. ” — Bill Cosby
318. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ” ―C. S. Lewis
319. Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end, and aim of weak ones. - Edmund Burke
320. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. ” – Albert Einstein
321. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. ” – Dolly Parton
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323. “Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
324. “You are so loved, and we like having you around. There. Stay put, you. Tug if you need anything.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
325. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
326. “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” – Sonia Ricotti
327. “You can’t control the things that happen to you, but you are in full control of how you react to them. ”
328. All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward.
329. “Standing still in the middle of chaos, even an emotional disaster, is not helpful. It’s the forward motion that keeps us safe and strong. ”
330. “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.” – Alice Walker
331. “Beauty remains, even in misfortune. If you just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance.” – Ann Frank
332. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford.
333. “To be of good quality, you have to excuse yourself from the presence of shallow and callow minded individuals. ” — Michael Bassey Johnson
334. “I hope you are surrounded by people who are good for your spirit.”
335. Never forget: I’m only ever a phone call away
336. Everybody fails. Not everybody keeps on trying. Be the anomaly!
337. “There are all these moments you don’t think you will survive. And then you survive.” – David Levithan
338. “No matter how much I get done, or is left undone, at the end of the day, I am enough. ”
339. “Make a habit of shutting down conversations that aim to tear others down. ” — Unknown
340. “Where there are friends, there is wealth.”
341. “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today. ” – Jordan Peterson
342. “A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.”
343. “True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.”
344. “Not all friends know they have lost you.”
345. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.”
346. Soon, when all is well, you’re going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up. - Brittany Burgunder
347. “Always trust strangers, it’s the people you know that let you down. ” — Andrew O’Hagan
348. What I like best is new starts
349. “The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.”
350. “One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” – Euripides
351. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene
352. “I believe in you! And unicorns. But mostly you!”
353. “Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.“
354. “Keeping you close in my thoughts.”
355. “Celebrate the people in your life who are there because they love you for no other reason than because you are YOU.”
356. “Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
357. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”
358. “Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
359. “This, too, shall pass. And hopefully not like a kidney stone.”
360. “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
361. If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions. - Katherine Hepburn
362. “When someone tries to put you down, pick yourself up and leave. They are unhappy and you can do nothing about that. ” — Unknown
363. Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart. - Abraham Lincoln
364. “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.”
365. “Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth.”
366. “Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”
367. “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
368. “Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
369. You could be the world’s best garbage man, the world’s best model; it don’t matter what you do if you’re the best. - Muhammad Ali
370. Know that anything is possible. Live your dream life!
371. “I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”
372. “A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint. ” – Albert Schweitzer
373. “Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it. ” – Buddha
374. “Friendship is the most constant, the most enduring, the most basic part of love.” – Ed Cunningham
375. “Weeding out the harmful influences should become the norm, not the exception. ” — Carlos Wallace
376. “The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired.” – Robert Southey
377. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. ” – Buddha
378. “If you want company, I’m there.”
379. “May you always know you have my hand to hold.” ― JJ Heller
380. “Animals are such agreeable friends―they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”
381. The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.
382. “I’m thinking of you. And I’m just a text or phone call away.”
383. “A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies.” – Gustave Flaubert
384. “There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you’ve had enough.”
385. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. ” — Henry David Thoreau
386. “I’ve been let down so many times that being hurt doesn’t phase me anymore. ” — Unknown
387. We’re so proud of you for facing this head-on. You got this
388. “There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen
389. “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
390. Whatever it is, it’s going to be okay
391. “In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.” – Khalil Gibran
392. The average person is more interested in her own name than in all the other names on earth put together.
393. “I hope you feel your inner strength building day by day.”
394. “All this can be a lot to take on. I’m here to help, if you need it.”
395. “The people in my circle? Those who make me feel blessed; not stressed. ” — Steve Maraboli
396. Don’t feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road. Turn around
397. “I do what I do instinctively, and that’s me. If you like me, that’s fine; if you don’t like me then don’t watch me. ” — Colin Fletcher
398. “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
399. Remember a name and call it easily and you have paid a subtle and very effective compliment.
400. “Sometimes you have to let people down in order to get on, particularly in showbusiness. ” — Dusty Springfield
401. “You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. ” – Les Brown
402. “Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.”
403. A goal is not always meant to be reached
404. “At any given moment you have the power to say ‘This is not how the story is going to end.’” Christine Mason Miller
405. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and loved more than you know. ”
406. “Don’t just count your years. Make your years count.” – George Meredith
407. Don’t quit. Don’t quit. Don’t QUIT! Think of how far you’ve come
408. “You are not overreacting. This is a normal way to process a very difficult time. If you weren’t upset, that would be more concerning. ”
409. “Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right!” – Henry Ford
410. Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
411. “My attitude is based on how you treat me. ” — Unknown
412. “Just wanted to say we miss you at work. Looking forward to a time when you’re feeling much better.”
413. “Think for yourself. Trust your own intuition. Another’s mind isn’t walking your journey, you are. ” — Scottie Waves
414. “Prijateljstvo se ne bira, rekao je, ono biva, ko zna zbog čega, kao ljubav. A ništa ja nisam tebi poklonio, već sebi.”
415. “Don’t quit. Don’t ever quit.” – Emmitt Smith
416. “There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family.”
417. “Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.”
418. Never dwell on one obstacle for too long. Tomorrow is another day. - Anonymous
419. “You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.” – Sugar Ray Leonard
420. “We’ve got friends for our happiest days and saddest moments. I hope you know I’m your friend now just as much as ever.”
421. “I don’t keep secrets; I just keep people out of my business. ” — Unknown
422. When you are going through hell, keep ongoing. Never never never give up. - Anonymous
423. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. ” – C. S. Lewis
424. “Be proud of how hard you are trying. ”
425. “I am unable to connect with negativity and toxic people today. Please check back at a later time. ” — Germany Kent
426. Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do. - H. Jackson Brown Jr
427. “Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.” – Maya Angelou
428. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.” ― S.E. Hinton
429. “Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
430. “You’re supposed to fail sometimes. It’s a required part of human existence.” – Sarah Dessen
431. “Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.”
432. One happiness scatters a thousand sorrows
433. “When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. ” – Mary Kay Ash
434. You can unsubscribe anytime
435. “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does — that makes you a winner right there.” – Venus Williams
436. “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”
437. “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
438. “There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you’ve had enough. ” – Unknown
439. Believe you can and you're halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt
440. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
441. “Every day may not be good, but there is some good in every day.”
442. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ” – Stephen King
443. “If you are not making mistakes, then you are not making decisions.” – Catherine Cook
444. I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. - Benjamin Franklin
445. “Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself. ” — Jacob Neusner
446. Your spirit has the energy, strength, and stamina of 10,000 horses. - Anonymous
447. Remember, the night’s always darkest just before dawn
448. “I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.”
449. “At any given moment you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end. ” – Christine Mason Miller
450. “Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.”
451. “The more you dwell on what you don’t have, the more you get what you don’t want. ” — Unknown
452. You’re awesome! When you think you’re at your limit, you’re only halfway there
453. “No one can take advantage of you without your permission. ” — Ann Landers
454. People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. - Lewis Cass
455. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. - Richard Bach
456. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. ” – Maya Angelou
457. There’s greatness in your future, I know it
458. “Friends are the family you choose.“
459. “You don’t have to be strong or tough right now. I got you. ”
460. “Some say that time changes. Best friends can become strangers.” – Good Charlotte
461. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
462. Now and always, I’m your biggest fan! Stay positive
463. “You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.” – Ogden Nash
464. “People enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down. ” — Lee Daniels
465. “I’m not sure what’s most helpful right now, but I figure a card with a cute kitten on it couldn’t hurt, right? ☺ Thinking of you…”
466. Remember, where you are now is not where you’ll be forever
467. “If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” Latin Proverb
468. “A good friend knows all your best stories. A best friend has lived them with you.”
469. “Pain and suffering are inevitable in our lives, but misery is an option. ” — Chip Beck
470. You can be anything you want to be, start thinking positively, and aim the goal. - Anonymous
471. “You are not a burden to me or anyone. You are the first person always to support someone in need, and we just want to return the favor. ”
472. “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up. ” – Robert Tew
473. There are so many good things to celebrate in life, always be positive in life. - Anonymous
474. The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. - Will Rogers
475. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. – Thomas Edison
476. “Accept the fact that some people didn’t intend to let you down. Their best is just less than you expected. ” — Thema Davis
477. “Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up. ” — Michael P. Watson
478. “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.”
479. Every successful person loves the game. The chance to prove his worth, to excel, to win.
480. “They tried to bury us. They didn’t realize we were seeds. ” — Dinos Christianopoulos
481. The best is yet to come. Trust in the process
482. “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
483. “It’s a blessing to be on earth with you. We can win together. Love, justice, and peace are good for us all.” – Bernice King
484. “Defeat is simply a signal to press onward. ” – Helen Keller
485. Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
486. “A ship in harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. ” – John Shedd
487. “A lot of people let me down. A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me. ” — Lil Kim
488. “I can deliver a mean takeout. Just name the day.”
489. “Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.”
490. “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche
491. “Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
492. Draw strength from the fact things always get better
493. “Can I list the three most valuable traits you have that inspire me each day?”
494. Don’t look at how far there is left to go. Focus us how far you’ve come
495. “You and bacon are in my thoughts a lot these days. Hey, it’s not all about you, you know.”
496. “Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.” — Ed Cunningham
497. “You get three days to be sad, but then you gotta be a badass. ”
498. “It’s not about celebrating disabilities, it’s about celebrating abilities.”
499. “If we treated ourselves as well as we treated our best friend, can you imagine?”
500. We’re cheering you on, every step of the way!
501. “Never apologize to others for their misunderstanding of who you are. ” — Unknown
502. “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. ” ― Mother Teresa
503. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
504. Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or secret gate
505. I want you to be so happy that other people get happy just by looking at you!
506. Once you choose hope, anything is possible
507. “Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you.” – John Green
508. I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. - Thomas A. Edi
509. You are not able to be strong if you don`t have any encounters. Hard times help to build a strong character
510. “Lifting you up in prayer and hoping you have a better day today.”
511. Whatever you need, you know where to find it. I’ll always be there to support you
512. “And you ask ‘What if I fall?’ Oh but my darling, what if you fly?” – Erin Hanson
513. Flaming enthusiasm backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
514. “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” – Richard Bach
515. You’re capable of more than you know. Keep pushing!
516. The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time. - Joe Girard
517. “Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway.”
518. “I’m proud of you for walking this road, for doing what’s right for you.”
519. “Handling toxic people is not an art, they will be the victim of their own toxicity. ” — Dr. P. S. Jagadeesh Kumar
520. Attitude is the difference between an ordeal and an adventure
521. Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him.
522. I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work
523. “When there are no words to say, but know that I’m always here for you.” ― Danielle Duckery
524. “I loved you and Sara as a couple, and I want you to know I’ll continue to love each of you as friends.”
525. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
526. “Stop beating yourself up. You are a work in progress, which means you get there a little at a time, not all at once. ”
527. Don’t give up, persevere to the end. Your perseverance will finally pay off. The fruits are always rewarding. - Anonymous
528. “Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”
529. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. ” – Milton Berle
530. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ” — Unknown
531. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. ” — Anne Sweeney
532. “Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”
533. “Disappointment is nothing but an eye—opening learning process for your future endeavors. ” — Edmond Mbiaka
534. “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ” – A. A. Milne
535. “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not making decisions. ” – Katherine Hepburn
536. “You can’t break me because you didn’t make me. ” — Denzel Washington
537. Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
538. “H. O. P. E. – Hold On, Pain Ends
539. “I’m so sorry you’re going through this.”
540. “A best friend is someone who makes you laugh even when you think you’ll never smile again.”
541. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
542. “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis
543. “You don’t have to be crazy to be my friend. I’ll train you.”
544. “If life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life will be all like whaaaat?” – Phil Dunphy
545. “Don’t let anyone knock you down. You’re strong enough to take criticisms. Now you know better, do better. ” — Ray Alexander
546. “Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ” – Carlos Castaneda
547. “When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
548. “A true friend is someone who is always by your side, no matter what.” – Charles R. Swindoll
549. “Once you choose hope, anything is possible.”
550. “Hang in there. I know the right position is out there waiting for you.”
551. “You have to be odd to be number one.” – Dr. Seuss
552. “Friendship is the only flower that blooms in all seasons.” – Unknown
553. “Once you choose hope, anything is possible. ” – Christopher Reeve
554. “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn
555. “You could be the world’s best garbage man, the world’s best model; it don’t matter what you do if you’re the best. ” – Muhammad Ali
556. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.” ― S.E. Hinton
557. “No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
558. The rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.
559. “I don’t need anyone, I’m good on my own. Either you contribute to my happiness or you leave. ” — Kirsten Hill
560. A winner is someone who gets up one more time than he is knocked down. - Anonymous
561. You’re in a storm right now. I’ll hold your umbrella. - Anonymous
562. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.
563. “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ” – Dylan Thomas
564. Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; It’s all an experience
565. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Eddison
566. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
567. If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden
568. “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.”
569. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. ” ― Michael Jordan
570. Success is not final; failure is not fatal
571. Someday, you will become filled with so much happiness that it heals every part of you. - Anonymous
572. “If you need somebody to run errands, do house chores, cook, whatever, I’m a somebody.”
573. “I know this won’t be easy, but I also know you’ve got what it takes to get through it.”
574. “When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.”
575. “It does not matter how slow you go as long as you do not stop. ” ― Confucius
576. Use these quotes as inspiration to write positive affirmations
577. “Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.”
578. “A ship in a harbor is a safe ship, but that’s not what ships are built for.” – Lebo Grand
579. Good luck today. You don’t need it, but good luck!
580. If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
581. If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. - Flavia
582. “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” L.M. Montgomery
583. “You can get through this. Take it from me. I’m very wise and stuff.”
584. “True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”
585. “I have one chromosome more than you… So what?”
586. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.” – Amy Poehler
587. “Best friends are hard to find because the very best one is already mine.” —Unknown
588. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. ” – Bernice Johnson Reagon
589. Share one of these feeling down quotes to give a friend or loved one strength
590. “All the world is a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” – George Harrison
591. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
592. “Be selective with your battles. Sometimes peace is better than being right.”
593. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. ” – Henry Thoreau
594. “There’s a thin line between confidence and arrogance. It’s called humility. Confidence smiles, arrogance smirks. ” — Aagam Shah
595. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ” – Robert Louis Stevenson
596. “Thinking of you—and trusting that this is just a stepping stone along the path to something better.”
597. “Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.” – Sammy Hagar
598. “We have the same wants and dreams as everyone else. We can do anything anyone else can do. We are more alike than we are different.”
599. Whatever it is, let me know
600. “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger in the broken places. ” ― Ernest Hemingway
601. Always look beyond your pains, see what is in store for you. May you have brighter days ahead. - Anonymous
602. Actions speak louder than words. A smile says, 'I like you. I am glad to see you.'
603. “Bad decisions make good stories. ” – Ellis Vidler
604. “Best friends are the people in your life who make you laugh louder, smile brighter and live better.”
605. “With your brains and talent, I just know you’ll make a positive contribution wherever you go.”