40 phrases to remember in bad times

There are times when it seems that life is cruel to us. Bad moments when it stops hitting us, we lack the strength to continue and we get the feeling that doing things right is useless, because everything turns out the other way around.

It is in these bad moments that, logically, we falter. It can happen that, even if we try not to sink, the intense waves take us into the sea and we swallow water, a lot of water.

But well, it is true that staying strong is tremendously complicated and we have to get a good boat to sail even if the sea is rough.

There are times when external support, whether professional or personal, is essential to maintain our emotional health despite the daily beatings. However, No one can help us if we don’t give ourselves a hand from within with our thoughts.

Phrases to overcome bad times

For this reason, Today we have brought you 40 phrases to remember in bad times and regain the desire to continue sailing until the storm calms down.

1. “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. I’ve had the opportunity to hit the winning shot 26 times and I haven’t done it. I have failed over and over again my entire life. That is why I have triumphed.” Michael Jordan

2. Let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.

3. “Wherever you are “Do what you can with what you have.” Theodore Roosevelt

4. The joy of life consists in always having something to do, someone to love and something to look forward to.

5. “Lucky is he who expects nothing because he will never be disappointed.” Jonathan Swift

6. “Experience is the hardest teacher. First he examines you and then he teaches you the lesson.” Unknown author.

7. If the day doesn’t smile at you, smile at it.

8. “You will be happy”said life. “But first I will make you strong.”

9. Laugh and the world will laugh with you, cry and you will only get your face wet.

10. ““Don’t let yesterday take away too much of today.”. Will Rogers

11. “Don’t give up, you still have time to reach out and start again, accept your shadows, bury your fears, release the ballast, take flight again.” Mario Benedetti

12. “Don’t give up, that’s what life is, continuing the journey, pursuing your dreams, unblocking time, clearing away the rubble and uncovering the sky.” Mario Benedetti.

13. “Don’t give up, please don’t give in, even if the cold burns, even if fear bites.”, even if the sun hides and the wind stops. There is still fire in your soul, there is still life in your dreams.” Mario Benedetti

14. “Because there are no wounds that time does not heal. Open the doors, remove the locks, abandon the walls that protected you, live life and accept the challenge.” Mario Benedetti.

15. Losing a battle does not mean that the war is lost, Every day is a battle, our goals are victory.

16. Let’s take the train that takes us to happiness.

17. Happiness is in yourselfif you manage to find it, you will make many more happy.

18. Happiness is a temporary state of madness. Happiness is something that comes from the heart, it cannot be bought.

19. Losers are not those who lose, but those who did not want to win from the beginning.

twenty. “It’s not circumstances that shape you, but your way of reacting to them.” Anne Ortlund

21. “We can’t control the wind, but we can adjust the sails”. Unknown author

22. “The best thing about the future is that it only comes once a day”. Abraham Lincoln

23. “Life is not about getting good cards, but about playing well those you have.” Josh Billings

24. “Sometimes we feel like what we do is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would not be complete without that drop.”. Mother Teresa

25. “Dreams come true, otherwise nature wouldn’t let us have them.” John Updike

26. “Yesterday is the past and tomorrow is the future. “Today is a gift and that is why it is called present.” bill Keane

27. “Our greatest glory lies not in falling, but in rising after the fall.” Confucius

28. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your way of thinking.” Mary Engelbreit

29. “The future always starts now”. Mark Strand

30. “There are much better things ahead of us than those we have left behind.” C.S. Lewis

31. “Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden

32. “If I knew the world was ending tomorrow, I would plant a tree today.”. Martin Luther King

33. “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

34. “In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein

35. “Everything I have learned in life, I can summarize in two words: Everything passes.” Robert Frost

36. “When you think all is lost, the future remains”. Bob Goddard

37. “If you call your difficulties experiences and remember that each experience helps you mature, you will grow vigorous and happy, no matter how adverse the circumstances may seem.” Henry Miller

38. “Trust time, it usually gives sweet solutions to many bitter difficulties.” Miguel de Cervantes

39. “There is a crack in everything. This is how the light comes in“. Leonard Cohen

40. “This beautiful world does not lack charms nor does it lack sunrises that are worth waking up for”. Wislawa Szymborska

Each of these phrases can help you look at bad times from a different perspective and face them with hope and confidence in the future.

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