Tough Day? Here are 10 Inspirational Quotes from Your Favorite Authors

By Lakyn Arnett on July 7, 2014
Yeah, life is good, but sometimes life is rough. Everyone has bad days. Daniel Powter said it best with his song “Bad Day.” Whether you’re just facing a typical Manic Monday, or you were rejected from your dream school, program, or internship, here are ten inspirational quotes from a few of your favorite authors to help you feel better:
  1. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear.” –Mark Twain
  2. “And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey.” –Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events series
  3. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” –C.S. Lewis
  4. “Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.” –Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
  5. “I’ve put up too much, too long, and now I’m just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less.” –Sandra Cisneros
  6. “Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.” –George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
  7. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all-in which case, you fail by default.” –J.K. Rowling
  8. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” –J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Lord of the Rings trilogy)
  9. “The secret to life, though, is to fall seven times and get up eight times.” –Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
  10. “After all, tomorrow is another day!” –Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

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