Life has a way of throwing us curveballs. Sometimes, these challenges feel overwhelming, and it seems impossible to move forward. But in those moments, a few well-chosen words can offer comfort and hope.
Quotes about life’s resilience help remind us that, no matter what happens, life goes on. These words can uplift your spirit and give you the strength to face another day. Here are some of the best “Life Goes on Quotes” to inspire you.
Finding Peace in Quotes
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” — John Lennon
“After every storm, there’s a rainbow. No matter how difficult today is, always remember that tomorrow is a new day.” — Unknown
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life.” — Snoopy (Charles M. Schulz)
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” — Robert Frost
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts
“Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning… Anyone can start over and make a new ending.” — Chico Xavier
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker
“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.” — Unknown
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou
“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” — Brian Tracy
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” — Dr. Seuss
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene
“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
“This too, shall pass.” — Persian adage
“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” — Maya Angelou
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo
“The only journey is the one within.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson
“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” — Rumi
“Life goes on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.” — Henry Miller
“Healing is a process. It takes time. Sometimes you just need to be patient and allow life to unfold in its own way.” — Unknown
“What we call the end is often the beginning; and to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” — T.S. Eliot
“In the stillness of the darkest night, I found fragments of my soul illuminated by the dawn’s early light.” — Unknown
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” — Steve Maraboli
Strength and Resilience Quotes
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
“She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela
“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
“It’s not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“Life is very interesting. some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” – Drew Barrymore
“The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!” – Anne Frank
“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.” – Paulo Coelho
“Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'” – Mary Anne Radmacher
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
“Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.” – Paulo Coelho
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Schuller
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
“Rise above the storm, and you will find the sunshine.” – Mario Fernández
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Dr. Robert Schuller
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” – Seneca
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before.” – Elizabeth Edwards
Love and Loss Quotes
“The heart was made to be broken.” — Oscar Wilde
“It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” — Alfred Lord Tennyson
“The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives.” — Rob Liano
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” — G.K. Chesterton
“we only regret the chances we didn’t take, relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make.” — Lewis Carroll
“Love is an endless act of forgiveness.” — Beyoncé
“Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
“If you’ve never lost, you’ve never loved.” — Samuel Butler
“To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.” — William Makepeace Thackeray
“You can love someone so much…but you can never love people as much as you can miss them.” — John Green, “An Abundance of Katherines”
“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” — Unknown
“Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved.” — Thomas Merton
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” — William Shakespeare
“Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.” — James Baldwin
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” — Helen Keller
“Losing a loved one is like an earthquake; the world shakes, and your foundation cracks.” — Unknown
“There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.” — Tennessee Williams
“When you leave, weary of me, without a word, I shall gently let you go.” — Kim Sowol
“You only pass through this life once; you don’t come back for an encore.” — Elvis Presley
“Moving on is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.” — Dave Mustaine
“There is no remedy for love but to love more.” — Henry David Thoreau
“You can love someone and still choose to say goodbye to them. You can miss a person every day, and still be glad that they are no longer in your life.” — Tara Westover
“Though lovers be lost, love shall not.” — Dylan Thomas
“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” — Washington Irving
“Time heals all wounds, but it also steals the memories that once held us together.” — Unknown
“When love is lost, do not bow your head in sadness; instead, keep your head up high and gaze into heaven, for that is where your broken heart has been sent to heal.” — Unknown
“The hottest love has the coldest end.” — Socrates
“After all, soulmates always end up together.” — Cecelia Ahern, “PS, I Love You”
“You can’t hold on to someone who doesn’t want to be held on to.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it, but you can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks, “A Walk to Remember”
“Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” — Lamartine
Change and Growth Quotes
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.” – Rick Warren
“Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.” – George Shinn
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin
“You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.” – Denis Waitley
“Change is the end result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
“Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.” – John C. Maxwell
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman
“All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Deepak Chopra
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gide
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” – John C. Maxwell
“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” – Unknown
“Change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” – Mandy Hale
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor E. Frankl
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.” – Eckhart Tolle
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
“Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.” – Benjamin Franklin
“We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are.” – Max DePree
“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard
Hope and Positivity Quotes
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” – J.K. Rowling
“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.” – Richie Norton
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuller
“Sometimes, the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life.” – Naeem Callaway
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” – Victor Hugo
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tunes without the words—and never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
“On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” – Gregory S. Williams
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.” – Alice Morse Earle
“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein
“A positive attitude can really make dreams come true—it did for me.” – David Bailey
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
“Light tomorrow with today.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.” – Jacques Prévert
“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Maraboli
Reflection and Wisdom Quotes
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
“Though a mighty ocean lies between, my heart will always sail towards you.” – Unknown
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” – Oscar Wilde
“The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” – Kakuzo Okakura
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” – James Thurber
“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” – Margaret Drabble
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
“Time heals what reason cannot.” – Seneca
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it’s compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.” – Napoleon Hill
“it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath, smile, and start again.” – Unknown
“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” – Dan Reeves
“Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life.” – Charlie Brown
“Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” – Charles R. Swindoll
“No matter how much it hurts now, one day you will look back and realize it made you stronger.” – Unknown
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.” – Lao Tzu
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The sun watches what I do, but the moon knows all my secrets.” – J.M. Wonderland
“As long as there is breath in my lungs, I will not give up.” – Unknown
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
New Beginnings Quotes
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” – T.S. Eliot
“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” – Plato
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.” – J.P. Morgan
“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” – Lao Tzu
“Don’t be afraid of new beginnings. Don’t shy away from new people, new energy, new surroundings. Embrace new chances at happiness.” – Billy Chapata
“And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” – Meister Eckhart
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
“The beginning is always today.” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
“The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” – Dave Weinbaum
“Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose—not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember.” – Anne Sullivan
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
“Begin at the beginning,” the King said gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” – Lewis Carroll, “Alice in Wonderland”
“Every day is a chance to begin again. Don’t focus on the failures of yesterday, start today with positive thoughts and expectations.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” – Buddha
“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford
“This is a new year. A new beginning. And things will change.” – Taylor Swift
“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” – Alan Cohen
“Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.” – Kristen Butler
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
“The magic in new beginnings is truly the most powerful of them all.” – Josiyah Martin
“New beginnings bring new possibilities. A chance to dust off and try again.” – Unknown
“It’s never too late to start over. If you weren’t happy with yesterday, try something different today. Don’t stay stuck. Do better.” – Alex Elle
“The beginning is always the hardest, but it’s also the most powerful.” – Unknown
“A journey of a thousand steps begins with a single one.” – Japanese Proverb
“Life is about change, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s beautiful, but most of the time it’s both.” – Kristin Kreuk
“Embrace each new day with gratitude and a deep sense of opportunity.” – Unknown
The Last Word
These “Life Goes On” quotes remind us that no matter what happens, life continues. They offer hope when things seem tough and inspiration when we need a push to keep going. From famous authors to unknown sources, each quote shares a simple yet powerful message: don’t dwell on setbacks, but look forward with hope and determination.
As you think about these quotes, let them bring some comfort and strength to your daily life. Life can be unpredictable, but knowing that others have faced and overcome challenges can make our own struggles feel more manageable. Keep these words in mind, and let them help you through whatever comes your way.
