When Your Entire Life Seems To Be Falling Apart Read This

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.”

— Yann Martel, amazon.com

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.”

— Parker J. Palmer, Parker J. Palmer, amazon.com

“I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.”

— Po Bronson, amazon.com

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.”

— Tony Robbins, addicted2success.com

“You ruin your life by tolerating it. At the end of the day you should be excited to be alive. When you settle for anything less than what you innately desire, you destroy the possibility that lives inside of you, and in that way you cheat both yourself and the world of your potential.”

— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com

“Perhaps depression is caused by asking oneself too many unanswerable questions.”

— Miriam Toews, amazon.com

“Self-criticism and negative thoughts about yourself will attract people who reflect this back to you, showing critical behavior and can abuse you physically.”

— Hina Ahmad Hashmi, amazon.com

“You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”

— Jim Morrison, inktank.fi

“You are not the first to go through this, and you are certainly not the last.”

— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com

“Don't compare yourself to others and feel inadequate. Their journey is not the same as yours and their success doesn't mean you're a failure -- it means your path is different.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

“You are so much more than the worst mistake you've ever made.”

— Kim Quindlen, thoughtcatalog.com

“The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it.”

— Cheryl Strayed, goodreads.com

“The first step to making changes in your life is to have a clear vision of what you hope to accomplish in the future.”

— Barbara Gain, amazon.com

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr, amazon.com

“Each time I thought I had achieved my life’s purpose, I discovered it was only another step in my journey.”

— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, amazon.com

“Today is the day to follow your dreams.”

— Teresa Collins, amazon.com

“If something you desire is not happening, you are not emotionally or mentally ready for it yet. Make your mental adjustment in the now, and the reality will follow.”

— Russell Anthony Gibbs, amazon.com

“We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.”

— Rick Warren, amazon.com

“The best thing about the worst time of your life is that you get to see true colours of everyone you cared for.”

— Anonymous, wnq-anonymous.com

“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.”

— Mandy Hale, amazon.com

“We are what we do consistently, not what we occasionally struggle at.”

— John Fawkes, medium.com

“Converting worst possible moments into promising ones.”

— Ron Chernow, amazon.com

“Dear Molly, This is gonna sound a little strange but I'd like you to paint over my old closet door. The thing is there is never a time when you will be more honest, and your convictions will be stronger, and your motives will be more pure than they are right now. Which means you should chase whateve…”

— Peyton Sawyer, amazon.com

“Inner strength comes only to those who move forward in the face of adversity.”

— Phil Stutz, ‎Barry Michels, amazon.com

“To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you’ll need to carry on.”

— Simon Van Booy, amazon.com

“I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.”

— Evita Perón, history.co.uk