17 Quotes for When You Are Having a Bad Day

Life gets pretty tricky sometimes, and more often than not, it can leave you feeling alone, isolated, and even depressed. It is then necessary to remember that the hard times make a man, and there are always people who have experienced similar things before. Here is a list of 17 happy, joyous, and hope-filled quotes that are the perfect pick-me-up for when you’re having a bad day!

1. “Sometimes the bad things we experience in life can teach us the greatest and most valuable lessons. The bad things we experience and the bad people we meet teaches us how to be stronger, how to learn to forgive, how to have patience, how to keep a good attitude when things are difficult.” ― Jeanette Coron

2. “For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.” – Jack Canfield

3. “You have brains in your head; you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss

4. “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” — Dylan Thomas

5. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” —Ella Fitzgerald

6. “In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.” — Rumi

7. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

8. “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

9. Life is not what happened back there or what might happen up ahead. Life is like the rhythm of the heart — every breath, every blink of the eye. It is beat by beat, moment by moment. This… is all there is. This… is all we need.” – Andy Puddycombe

10. “One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.” – Michelle Obama

11. “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

12. “If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely.” — Roald Dahl

13. “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

14. “This too shall pass.” — translation of a Persian adage

15. “Every day, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.” — Dalai Lama XIV

16. “Success is not final, and failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill

17. “When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.”— Rumi

A bad day or a bad week can hit us anytime. We need to have a positive outlook on rising above the negativity. The right attitude mixed with some of the above quotes will take you through a storm.