In this blog, we talk about what to do when you feel that life is too hard. I have also collected some quotes that I hope will make you feel better.

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When life seems hard, read this

Most of the time, no matter where we look, we see sad and depressed people.

More and more sad people on the bus, on the street, in the store, on the subway and almost anywhere.

It’s as if people forgot to smile and rejoice, beyond a false smile and an automatic answer that they give when asked what they do and answer “good.”

There is more and more sadness on people’s faces. It’s as if being happy is something difficult and more and more distant.

The agitation took the place of calm.

Negative thoughts have flooded the mind and led it in the wrong direction, people seem worse and worse, lacking time, tougher and ready to do harm at any time.

Maybe you don’t realize how many opportunities you have and how many extraordinary chances life has offered you.

You can see the sun, the people and all the beauty that surrounds you.

You can go for a walk on the beach, feel the gentle breeze.

You have the freedom to do what you want, to enjoy life, to decide what you do every day.

You can choose where to go, what to see, what to hear, and you can enjoy so much beauty that life offers you.

Allow yourself to see how lucky you are and not lose important years of your life, complaining.

Allow yourself to see that there are really problems in life and don’t complain about the conditions you produced yourself.

Everything can take a different turn from the moment you understand that you are your own creator.

You are the one who can make the transition from victimization to a man who is beginning to see how rich he is.

Don’t forget:

Good things will come into your life when you no longer hide from them.

When you have taken a deep breath and made yourself available to the reality that unfolds before your eyes.

The right things will happen when you stop rushing. When you do everything you can, without trying to force what should not happen yet.

One mistake people make is that they have lost hope.

That makes them barely motivated to fight.

When you no longer have the motivation, the results appear very difficult or not at all.

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20 Life sucks quotes

1. “Sometimes life turns out hard, Isabel. Sometimes it just bites right through you. And sometimes, just when you think it’s done its worst, it comes back and takes another chunk.” – L. Stedman

2. “Getting control of life is never easy, and sometimes it can be definitely painful.” – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

3. “Have you ever been to a picnic? And someone blows up a balloon, and everyone starts tossing it around, and it’s always just about to touch the ground, but someone always gets there just in time to tap it back up? That balloon, that’s God, the very best in all of us, the kindness, the heavy petting, Funny Girl! …Evil bores me. It’s just one note. It doesn’t sing! Oh, of course, life sucks! It always will. So why not make the most of it?” – Paul Rudnick

4. “Sometimes fantasies are better than life.” – Beatrice Sparks

5. “Life isn’t supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss. Life isn’t supposed to be a battle at all. And when it comes to happiness, well, sometimes life is just okay, sometimes it’s comfortable, sometimes wonderful, sometimes boring, sometimes unpleasant. When your day’s not perfect, it’s not a failure or a terrible loss. It’s just another day.” – Barbara Sher

6. “The world is a grindstone and life is your nose.” – Fred Allen

7. “The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” – Thomas Hobbes

8. “It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.” – Tyler Durden

9. “It is not true that life is one damn thing after another…it’s one damn thing over and over.” – Edna St. Vincent Millay

10. “The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.” – Don Marquis

11. “People say, ‘My phone sucks.’ No, it doesn’t! The worse cell phone in the world is a miracle. Your life sucks. Around the phone.” – Louis C.K.

12. “Happily ever after? If justice doesn’t triumph and love doesn’t make the circle in entertainment fiction, what’s the point? Real-life sucks too often.” – Nora Roberts

13. “Sometimes it’s not catastrophic. Sometimes you only come to the bottom of your coffee cup. Sometimes you have a good day. No one wants to know. No one wants to tell you about theirs either. You might somehow take it. Turn it against them. See the flaw. You always tell them the whole thing sucks. It keeps you alive. They figure if you’re out there having a rotten time, everything’s fine and you’re doing your part. No one will ever try to take your bad times away from you but they’ll come swarming for your happiness.” – Henry Rollins

14. “Life sucks, get a helmet.” – Denis Leary

15. “Life isn’t a book. There’s no guarantee of a happy ending.” – PC Cast

16. “Life sucks order from a sea of disorder.” – James Gleick

17. “Death is life’s way of telling you you’re fired.” – Unknown

18. “Life sucks, then you die. Then it sucks again.” – Tonya Hurley

19. “Whenever life sucks remember you’re going to die someday.” – Oscar Wilde

20. “No matter how interminable something feels, there is always, always an ending. Sometimes that’s good, and sometimes it’s bad; sometimes it’s a matter of indifference, and sometimes it’s heartbreaking, and your life is never the same thereafter.” – Ann Aguirre

30 Life sucks quotes

1. “Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.” – Wilma Rudolph

2. “Sometimes, I wonder if we live life by reliving life, rather than by living life.” – Michael Landon

3. “Yeah, sometimes life really sucks,” she says. “But you know what I’m holding on for?” I raise my eyebrows. She raises hers, too, mimicking me. “The moments that don’t suck,” she says. “The trick is to notice them when they come around.” – Veronica Roth

4. “The reason we love nature is that it’s fascinating and we love all the creatures, but if you watch any nature film, there’s always a lesson: “the creatures are all dying and life sucks.” The same is true of literature.” – C. Boyle

5. “If the world didn’t suck, we’d fall off” – Unknown

6. “The life of man [is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short” – Thomas Hobbes

8. “Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable” W. Allen

9. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” Henry David Thoreau

10. “You fall out of your mother’s womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave” Quentin Crisp

11. “Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them” Walter Kerr

12. “Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways” Stephen Vincent Benet

13. “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us” Calvin

14. “Life is an incurable Disease” Abraham Cowley

15. “It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything” Tyler Durden

16. “It is not true that life is one damn thing after another…It’s one damn thing over and over” Edna St. Vincent Millay

17. “The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry” Ernest Hemingway

18. “It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done” Samuel Johnson

19. “Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove” Ashleigh Brilliant

20. “The world is a grindstone and life is your nose” Fred Allen

21. “Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes” Luigi Pirandello

22. “The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race” Don Marquis

23. “Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives I think it is almost a consolation” Bertrand Russell

24. Death is life’s way of telling you you’re fired” Unknown

25. “Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings” Helen Keller

26. “Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses” Richard Sheridan

27. “Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful that it happens in that order” David Gerrold

28. “Life is like an onion; you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it” James Gibbons Huneker

29. “Maybe this world is another planet’s hell” Aldous Huxley

30. “It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others” – Unknown

40 Life sucks quotes

“Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It’s not fair but then much of life isn’t fair. It’s how you live that matters. It’s how you deal with the bumps in the road.” – Maya Banks
“Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.” – W. Allen
“The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” – Thomas Hobbes
“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.” – Stephen Vincent Bene
“Life sucks, but you have the option to sit there and cry about it or you can simply move on and become stronger.” – Leah Iacono
“I make a new discovery that totally blows; dying is the easy part. It’s coming back to life that sucks.” – Karen Marie Monin
“My life sucks when I’m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it’s really like, I’d probably jump off a bridge.” – Becca Fitzpatrick
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” – Chuck Palahniuk
“Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.” – Axl Rose
“When life sucks, throw yourself into art.” – Monica Drake
“Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.” – Alexa Chung
“I believe pain is nature’s way of saying, you’re still alive, and life sucks.” – Bill Engvall
“Things happen in life and you can’t control them. It sucks and you have to move on.” – Abbi Glines
“Life isn’t a book. There’s no guarantee of a happy ending.” – P C Cast
“Mondays are fine. It’s your life that sucks.” – Ricky Gervais
“Life is an incurable disease.” – Abraham Cowley
“You fall out of your mother’s womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.” – Quentin Crisp
“Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.” – James Huneker
“Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.” – Walter Kerr
“If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.” – Chris Crutcher
“Let’s play a game whose life sucks worse. I’ll win, I always win.” – Meredith Grey
“Life is amazing. Even when it sucks, it is amazing, and we should be grateful for every moment.” – Hal Elrod
“Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful that it happens in that order.” – David Gerrold
“The world is a grindstone and life is your nose.” – Fred Allen
“Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes” – Luigi Pirandello
“Whenever life sucks, remember you’re going to die someday.” – Oscar Wilde
“Life Sucks, get a helmet.” – Denis Leary
“Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove.” – Ashleigh Brilliant
“Life sucks, then you die. Then it sucks again.” – Tonya Hurley
“When life sucks, read. They can’t yell at you for that. And if they do, then you can ignore them.” – Laurie Halse Anderson
“Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.” ~W. Allen
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must live”. ~Charles Bukowski
“It’s a horrible story because it endangers his life, other people’s lives. It’s got to end. It’s got to stop. But there’s only one person that can do that, and that’s him. We can all care about him, we can all talk to him, but at the end of the day, bottom line, he’s the guy that’s responsible for that.” ~Jim Palmer
“I’ve never contended that I had a really horrible life”. ~Mary Karr
“The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.” ~Anatole France
“In life when horrible things happen, sometimes we have to laugh.” ~Laverne Cox
“Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time.” ~Terry Pratchett
“I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, growing from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing.” ~Dave Mustaine
“Life is, of course, terrible.” ~Anthony Burgess
“Mastery is not measured by the number of terrible things you eliminate from your life, but by the number of times, you eliminate calling them terrible.” ~Neale Donald Walsch

50 Life sucks quotes

1. “Life is hard. Then you die. They don’t throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful that it happens in that order.” – David Gerrold

2. “The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are strong in the broken place. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.” – Ernest Hemingway

3. “When life sucks, read. They can’t yell at you for that. And if they do, then you can ignore them.” – LauriHalse Anderson

4. “Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes.” – Luigi Pirandello

5. “Although it is a gloomy view to suppose that life will die out, sometimes when I contemplate the things that people do with their lives I think it is almost a consolation.” – Bertrand Russell

6. “Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.” – Walter Kerr

7. “You fall out of your mother’s womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.” – Quentin Crisp

8. “My life sucks when I’m only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it’s really like, I’d probably jump off a bridge.” – Becca Fitzpatrick

9. “Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.” – Stephen Vincent Benet

10. “Life sucks, but you have the option to sit there and cry about it or you can simply move on and become stronger.” – Leah Lacono

11. “Life sucks, then you die, so roll a blunt and let’s get high, if at first, you don’t succeed, try again with better weed.” – Massmurder

13. “Life is like an onion; you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.” – James Gibbons Huneker

14. “What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

15. “Life may have no meaning. Or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove.” – Ashleigh Brilliant

16. “Life is amazing. Even when it sucks, it is amazing, and we should be grateful for every moment.” – Hal Elrod

17. “Life is a gamble, better check the point spread and when life sucks, I just enjoy the head.” – Lil Wayne

18. “Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It’s not fair but then much of life isn’t fair. It’s how you live that matters. It’s how you deal with the bumps in the road.” – Maya Banks

19. “It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” – Chuck Palahniuk

20. “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” – Calvin

21. “It is a mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.” – Samuel Johnson

22. “Sometimes life just sucks, and all we can do is go to our happy place where we plot our revenge.” – Antsy McClain

23. “Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.” – W. Allen

24. “The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die.” – Ted Dekker

25. “Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks.” – Alexa Chung

26. “There were definitely times I couldn’t shower for a full week because I could barely stand, it felt like having all your life sucked out of you.” – Avril Lavigne

27. “If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.” – Chris Crutcher

28. “Life sucks, but you have the option to sit there and cry about it or you can simply move on and become stronger.” – Leah Iacono

29. “Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.” – Helen Keller

30. “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” – Henry David Thoreau

31. “I believe pain is nature’s way of saying, you’re still alive, and life sucks.” – Bill Engvall

32. “Things happen in life and you can’t control them. It sucks and you have to move on.” – Abbi Glines

33. “Life is an incurable disease.” – Abraham Cowley

34. “I make a new discovery that totally blows; dying is the easy part. It’s coming back to life that sucks.” – Karen Marie Moning

35. “Let’s play a game of whose life sucks worse. I’ll win, I always win.” – Ellen Pompeo

37. “Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids, and the nurses.” –Richard Brinsley

38. “Some people leave, yeah, and it sucks. But some people don’t leave, and they never will. And sometimes people are there, but you just can’t see them. But they’re still there.”– Robin Benway

39. “God knows life sucks. It’s right there in the Bible. The book of Job is all about Job asking God to take away pain and misery. And God says, “I can’t take away pain and misery because then no one would talk to me.” – Bill Maher

40. “Mondays are fine. It’s your life that sucks.” – Ricky Gervais

41. “Bad stuff happens. Sometimes it makes no sense at all. Sometimes it’s unfair. Sometimes, it just plain sucks. Bad stuff happens sometimes. Always remember that, but remember that you have to move on somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean, and you move the hell on.” – James Patterson

42. “Sometimes life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging.” – Dar Williams

43. “Sometimes in life, you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in.” – Robert Breault

44. “Sometimes, in life, nothing happens. But, sometimes, nothing happens beautifully.” – Laurell K Hamilton

45. “Most people think, “Life sucks, and then you die.” I disagree. I think life sucks. Then you get cancer. Then you go into chemotherapy. You lose all your hair, you feel bad about yourself. Then all of the sudden cancer goes into remission, and then all of the sudden you have a stroke. You can’t move your right side. And then, maybe, you die.” – Denis Leary

46. “Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say.” – Alessandro Baricco

47. “Sometimes life hits you like a brick in the face. Don’t give up.” – Steve Jobs

48. “Life is like the Internet: sometimes is almost impossible to connect.” – Paul Coelho

49. “Sometimes life’s so much cooler when you just don’t know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.” – Anthony Kiedis

50. “Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way.” – Axl Rose

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