30 phrases of encouragement to overcome difficult moments

We propose you a series of reflections to look at life with a different perspective.

To give encouragement means to support and encourage someone who needs it.. Because when we are low in spirits, there is nothing better than a person close to us to make us see that our path is still open and that we must continue to fight for our goals.

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The best phrases of encouragement to move forward

In this article we propose the thirty best phrases of encouragement so you can regain well-being after a period of complications. Because, as they say, life always has something better in store for us.

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1. When your strength fails, your spirits decline. Only you are capable of finding your breath in the undergrowth (Juan Armando Corbin).

A quote from the Argentine psychologist and writer.

Don't look back and ask: Why? Look ahead and ask yourself: Why not? (Alberto Mur)

In the future lies what is constructive, what depends on us.

3. Your circumstances may not be to your liking, but they will not remain the same if you conceive an ideal and strive to achieve it (James Allen).

We are what we build after we are ruined.

4. Twenty years from now you will regret the things you didn't do, so cast off your moorings and sail out of your comfort zone, look for the wind in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover (Mark Twain)

A great phrase from the famous author with which he invites us to take the reins of our life.

• More quotes by Mark Twain

5. My feet are my only vehicle, I have to keep going, but as I go, I want to tell you: Everything is going to be all right (Bob Marley).

The Jamaican reggae singer has this positive outlook on the future.

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6. Life is an opportunity, take advantage of it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, achieve it. Life is a challenge, face it. Life is a game, play it.

A phrase of encouragement so that we don't forget to enjoy the journey, even when the going gets tough.

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7. The people whose lives go well are the people who go in search of the circumstances they want and, if not, find them (George Bernard Shaw).

Taking the initiative makes us happier than being slaves to circumstances.

8. Life is what happens next to you while you are making other plans (John Lennon).

And be careful, because it flies by. Take advantage of it and live it with intensity.

9. Life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we react to it (Charles Swindoll).

Nothing more to add.

10. Don't make your life a rough draft, you may not have time to clean it up (Anonymous).

Another phrase of encouragement to keep in mind that life is two days and we must make the most of it.

11. Don't give up, happiness may be just around the corner (Marta Gárgoles)

We never know what the future holds, so we must keep playing.

12. When you stop chasing the wrong things, the right one comes and catches you (Juan Huarte de San Juan)

Letting go of everything that does not belong to us is the best way to conquer our desires.

13. If you were disappointed by someone you loved, think that he lost more than you. If you were deceived by the person you trusted, think that only you came out a winner (Juan Armando Corbin).

Realizing reality should not bring us down, but rather help us to move forward.

14. Maybe life has beaten me, but it has not yet managed to take away my smile (Francis Castel)

The Spanish psychologist leaves us this brilliant and hopeful reflection in one of his writings.

15. Even if you feel you are running late in life, don't be discouraged, love always comes on time (Jeremías Bolaño)

There is no need to fear: love is found when you are least looking for it.

16. Two great truths that sometimes you need to remind yourself, especially when you get discouraged or discouraged for some reason: You can do more than you think.

• You are worth more than you think.
• Think of this every time you fall.

17. The future is not yet here. It has already arrived (Philip Kotler)

Thinking of the future as a continuation of the present can encourage us to start our projects and not delay them any longer.

18. The only place where "success" comes before "work" is in the dictionary (Vidal Sasoon).

A brilliant phrase from the American stylist.

Everything begins with a dream. Dream it and you can achieve it (Walt Disney)

If you are able to imagine it, surely it won't be difficult to build it. Great phrase of the cartoon film mogul.

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20. Every tear teaches us a truth (Plato)

Reflection of the Greek philosopher.

• More quotes and reflections by Plato the Greek.

21. Learn to appreciate what you have before time teaches you to appreciate what you had (Carlos Hayes)

If you are not able to give value to what you possess... you will only realize it when it is too late.

22. In your goals, the train is you, the track is the road of life and happiness is a good landscape (Michael Jordan).

A great metaphor from one of the greatest athletes of all time.

23. Success arises from the struggle against obstacles. Without obstacles there is no true success (Samuel Smiles).

Do not pretend to achieve glory without suffering and sacrifice.

24. The law is: "It is forbidden to give up". Take a deep breath and go forward (Anonymous)

It's as clear as day. Keep trying is the way to go in the right direction.

25. If you are going to cry for someone, do it today until you can't cry anymore... but tomorrow smile (Joaquín Sabina)

Sadness must have its days numbered.

26. Brave is not the one who faces a problem, brave is the one who does not let himself be defeated by any problem (Anonymous).

The mental strength that keeps us from moving forward in spite of everything.

27. The only time you should look back in life is to see how far you have come (Anonymous).

If you do this exercise, you will see that your efforts have not been in vain, quite the contrary.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try (Stephen Kaggwa).

Little to add to this famous phrase.

29. The great discovery of my generation is that human beings can change their lives by changing their mental attitudes (William James).

A great reflection of the American psychologist.

30. Where a doubt is born, two steps forward are required (Anaïs Nin)

Nothing happens if you don't take sides in life.