90 Short Mental Toughness Quotes to Help You Keep Going
Staying strong through hard times takes mental toughness, so we’ve put together a list of all the best quotes to remind you of your strength.
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Short Mental Toughness Quotes
“If you can’t accept losing, you can’t win.” — Vince Lombardi
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
“Mental toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it’s not the best thing for you.” — Bill Belichick
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.” — Bill Russell
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” — Lou Holtz
“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge
“Mental toughness is essential to success.” — Vince Lombardi
“The ability to continue moving when you are feeling scared, fearful or lazy is the sign of true mental strength.” — Matthew Donnelly
“The strength of your mind determines the quality of your life.” — Edmond Mbiaka
“The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing.” — David Goggins
“You can never be free until you develop the mental strength to stop fretting over things you cannot control.” — Unknown
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” — Bruce Lee
“Fear is the brain’s way of saying that there is something important for you to overcome.” — Rachel Huber
“Mental strength is what separates champions from near champions.” — Rafael Nadal
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” — Marilyn vos Savant
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.” — Lettie Cowman
“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” — Jerry Rice
“A calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence.” — Dalai Lama
“Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life.” — David Goggins
“You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were created to be victorious.” — Joel Osteen
“Be strong, you never know who you are inspiring.” — Unknown
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.” — Astrid Alauda
“Mental toughness is when you can find fuel in an empty tank.” — Unknown
“Never let a stumble in the road be the end of the journey.” — Unknown
“The real battle is won in your mind.” — David Goggins
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” — Jim Rohn
“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.” — Alex Karras
“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” — Dan Millman
“Champions keep playing until they get it right.” — Billie Jean King
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
“Build your inner world. Overcome the outer.” — Steven Pressfield
“It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” — Albert Einstein
“You become what you think about all day long.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” — Lance Armstrong
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” — Søren Kierkegaard
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
“Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.” — Elbert Hubbard
“Your mind will quit a thousand times before your body does. Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
Inspirational Mental Toughness Quotes
“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
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James
“Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on but you keep going anyway.” — Unknown
“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” — Babe Ruth
“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” — Buddha
“You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.” — Edwin Louis Cole
“Train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or else you’ll lose yourself every time.” — Unknown
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi (a different quote from before!)
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” — Muhammad Ali
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” — Joyce Brothers
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” — John Quincy Adams
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” — Susan Gale
“You’re always one decision away from a totally different life.” — Mel Robbins
“Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line.” — Ross Perot
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” — Haruki Murakami
“Success is largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” — William Feather
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
“Strength isn’t about bearing the load alone—it’s about knowing when to reach out for help.” — Unknown
“You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined.” — Unknown
Motivational Mental Toughness Quotes
“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable—that’s how you break through.” — Jillian Michaels
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn
“The pain you feel today is the strength you’ll feel tomorrow.” — Unknown
“Your only limit is you.” — Unknown
“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.” — Unknown
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” — Les Brown
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” — Robin Sharma
“Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret.” — Eric Thomas
“The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens.” — Greg S. Reid
“Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.” — David Goggins
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength or knowledge but a lack of will.” — Vince Lombardi
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.” — Eric Thomas
“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” — Unknown
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke
“Your mind is your strongest muscle.” — Unknown
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” — Rikki Rogers
“Don’t limit your challenges—challenge your limits.” — Jerry Dunn
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore
