27 When Life Knocks You Down Quotes to Help You Get Back Up

Take a long breath and just think back to all the hardships that you’ve endured in the past. Yes! It did feel like you don’t have any strength left to get through difficult times.

But I am here to tell you that you are WRONG. You are still standing. Why?… Because you are resilient. And have always been. You just don’t give yourself enough credit. You will never know how strong you actually are until being strong is the only option you have.

Remember… It does not matter how many times you fall. What matters is that you bounce back.

These quotes will help you get back up when life knocks you down.

Quotes To Help You Get Back Up When Life Knocks You Down

1.) “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Steve Jobs

2.) “If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination.” — Paulo Coelho, No Title

3.) “Next time I’ll be braver, I’ll be my own savior, when the thunder calls to me. Next time I’ll be braver, I’ll be my own savior, standing on my own two feet. ” — Adele, Turning Tables

4.) “If you can look up, you can get up.” – Eric Thomas

5.) “Don’t go through life, grow through life.” – Eric Butterworth

6.) “Life can suck. It can hurt. It has teeth and won’t hesitate to bite you. But if you pick yourself back up every time it knocks you down, it’ll start to hurt less, because you’ll be stronger.” – T.J. Klune

7.) “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” — Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

8.) “Only two things can reveal life’s great secrets; suffering and love.” — Paulo Coelho, Aleph

9.) “If life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. And if you get up, you can stand up. And if you stand up, you can fight for your dream once again. You have something special. You have GREATNESS within you!” – Les Brown

10.) “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” – Eminem

11.) “If it were easy, everybody would do it. Hard is what makes it great.” — Tom Hanks

12.) “You have to drown out those little voices in your head telling you that you can’t do anything spectacular, because you’ll fail, or because you’re simply not good enough, and what on earth makes you think that you have what it takes? Pay no attention to this. Hear those voices and make it your mission to knock them flat out with your brilliance.” — Shani Jayawardena

13.) “Our hearts will break – time and time and time again – over the course of our feeble existences. But they never break irreparably. They never shatter in ways we can’t fix. Our hearts are stronger than all of the things that ever break them, if we give them permission to be.” — Heidi Priebe

14.) “The struggles and the chaos are part of life. But you have to accept them with grace and serenity because they have their own gifts too.” — Demi Lovato, Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year

15.) “Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.” – Jackie Chan

16.) “The harder you slam a ball into the ground, the higher it bounces back up… A divorce, a breakup, losing a job, or just feeling seriously down can ground you, rough you up a bit, leave calluses on your feet and grit under your finger nails. But more than that, it leaves you wiser and stronger next time… Life is about experiencing opposites isn’t it?” — Laurel House

17.) “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

18.) “I am strong because I am weak. I am beautiful because I know my flaws. I am a lover because I am a fighter. I am fearless because I have been afraid. I am wise because I have been foolish. & I can laugh because I’ve known sadness.” — Anonymous, Beyond Adversity

19.) “Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin

20.) “Don’t ever let someone tell you, you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.” — Chris Gardner, The Pursuit Of Happyness

21.) “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.” — Unknown

22.) “Out of massive suffering emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran

23.) “Only two things can reveal life’s great secrets; suffering and love.” — Paulo Coelho

24.) “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” — Bob Marley

25.) “You can conquer every fear and shut out every doubt. There is no obstacle too big for you to overcome, for you are more powerful than you could ever imagine.” — Marisa Donnelly

26.) “You are your own asset, and it’s probably time you started giving yourself more credit.” — Maya Kachroo-Levine

27.) “You can conquer every fear and shut out every doubt. There is no obstacle too big for you to overcome, for you are more powerful than you could ever imagine.” — Marisa Donnelly

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Asad Elahi

Asad Elahi is a personal finance expert and author with over 5 years of experience in the industry. He has written extensively on topics such as saving, investing, and building wealth, focusing on helping individuals achieve financial independence. His work has been featured in major publications such as Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a regular contributor to financial websites and blogs.