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30 Quotes For If You're Having A Bad Day

Paige Faye


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Sometimes when we are having a bad day, everything in our lives just turned upside down. Everything falls into a bottomless pit, even small details would drive us crazy. When you’re having your worst day, just know that tomorrow things will be better, and all you need to do is to do some twisting to your mind, change your train of thoughts. Plus, you can also read these quotes that will hopefully cheer your day up!



1. “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

It doesn’t matter how you proceed to keep moving on and working hard in your life. The most important thing is that you keep on going forward without giving up or backing down.



2. “The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.” – Dennis S. Brown.

A bad day is not defined by the events that happened on that day. It is defined depending on how your attitude and behaviour is to deal with the day.



3. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H.G. Wells.

Don’t give a bad day the power to drag you down for the rest of your life. If yesterday is a terrible and an unfortunate day for you, just know that today is a new day, and everything will be different, better, yet.



4. “One small crack does not mean you are broken, it means you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.” – Linda Poindexter.

A bad day does not have the ability to break you down. Look at it as a challenge that you need to deal with, and that you will go past it and survive the day.



5. “The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – Buddha.

Sometimes when you think you are having a bad day, it is all just your thoughts playing with you. You might think something is destructive when in actuality it is actually just a small matter.



6. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard.

If you’re having a bad day today, don’t think that tomorrow will be a bad day as well. It is your choice to start the day as if it is a brand new life.



7. “Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” – Unknown.

Don’t grief upon something tough that happens in your day. Perhaps that would lead to a great outcome that never even crossed your mind.



8. “Do not confuse my bad days as a sign of weakness. Those are actually the days I am fighting my hardest.” – Unknown.

You shouldn’t allow a bad day to be your weakness and that people can take advantage of. In fact, going through a bad day makes you much stronger as you are fighting harder than usual.



9. “There’s always a way through every challenge. You need a heart full of commitment, a lens focused on positivity, and a willingness to travel unexplored paths. Faith forward. You’ll get there.” – Karen Salmansohn.

Bad days seem to appear when you are going through things that are tough to you. The truth is, people only call it a “bad day” because you need more commitment, optimism, and perseverance. Look at it as a challenge before calling it a “bad day.”



10. “You have to fight some bad days to earn some of the best days of your life.” – Unknown.

Sometimes when you go through bad days, you lose motivation and determination, but look at the outcome as a reward. The harder you fight for it, and better things will turn out to be.



11. “Stop worrying so much. Have fun, be grateful, be yourself. Don’t allow others to bring you down. Life is a one-time offer. Live to your fullest.” – Karen Salmansohn.

If you are having a bad day due to the people around you, then stop letting them get to you. It is your life and you should be the only one having control over it. Not others.



12. “Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.” – Unknown.

When you are solving something and you failed many times, you might think you are having a bad day and things just don't want to be on your side. But, before you try out all the possibilities, don’t call it a “bad day.”



13. “I felt sorry for myself because I had ragged shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” – David J. Schwartz.

We all claimed to have bad days, even more, minor things, but we shouldn’t forget that while we are getting frustrated over how tasteless your lunch is, just remember that somewhere there are people who don't even have a proper meal.



14. “The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best out of everything that comes their way.” – Unknown.

Happy people do not have “bad days” not because they have everything they want, but rather they appreciate what they have instead of focusing on what they don’t.



15. “Be thankful for what you have. You’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never have enough.” – Unknown.

People who appreciate what they have and be grateful for the great things in life will never have “bad days” as compared to people who only look at the things they don’t have and focus on the bad things in life.



16. “When you're having a bad day at work, a lot of times it's your head. When you're having good days, a lot of times it's the absence of the mind.” – Curt Schilling.

Sometimes, “bad days” come from pressuring your head with too many thoughts, especially relating to your job and your worries, so just take some time to reduce the thoughts in your mind. You will feel lighter and you’ll realize it is not such a bad day after all.



17. “No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.” – Regina Brett.

Having “bad days” will not ruin your whole day or your whole life. They are just temporary moments in your life that you shouldn’t even be worried about as you’d probably wouldn't remember them anyway.



18. “The first step to changing your life is to stop telling your story as if it is a sad one, and eventually it will stop being one.” – Karen Salmonsohn.

If you constantly tell yourself that your life is terrible, you have no money, or you are not attractive, perhaps it is time to start telling yourself what the good parts of your story are, as it would greatly change your life.



19. “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” – David G Allen.

“Bad days” might not occur because of the terrible things that happened in your day, but perhaps your lack of patience in dealing with your day.



20. “Stop hurting yourself because you’re angry at someone else.” – Karen Salmansohn.

Sometimes when we are angry at others, we tend to fill your head with all these negative thoughts and emotional abuse. But if we stopped treating ourselves this way, things would turn out to be much better.



21. “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.” – William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

We are all humans and we are all equal. The only reason that we are grouped differently is that of our way of dealing with challenges. People who are willing to go through the hardest part of life are those who we look up to.



22. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie.

Successful people have their own “bad days” as well, but the difference between them and those who do not try is that they believe in themselves and they are willing to go through the tough times they called “bad days.”



23. “Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon.

When bad things happen in our lives, it is not to destruct and ruin our lives, rather they give us an opportunity to do things all by ourselves so that we will figure out ourselves through the process.



24. “Don’t forget that you’re human. It’s okay to have a meltdown. Just don’t unpack and live there. Cry it out and then refocus on where you are headed.” – Unknown.

If a “bad day” beat us down, just know that it is not the end of the world. After having some time to calm ourselves down, the most important thing is to stand back up on our feet.



25. “Be patient. Sometimes you have to go through the worst to get to the best. Give time some time.” – Karen Salmansohn.

We shouldn’t judge things just by the present situation, and let it define our lives. We should be patient to see what comes after that because you never what good things would happen if you do not wait for the sunshine.



26. “If today is the worst day of your life, then you know tomorrow will be better.” – Unknown.

If today is your worst day ever, don’t let it ruin your whole life, because if today is the worst, then tomorrow will definitely be better.



27. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn.

To define how your day will go, it is either you go make things better, or just let the bad things that are going to happen come tackling you.



28. “You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.” – Maxwell Maltz.

You yourself are responsible for whatever outcomes from your action. It is not the outcome that is responsible for your action. So watch what you do.



29. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius.

Falling doesn’t mean you’re defeated and you lose the fight. The only thing that matters is if you are willing to stand back on your feet and continue battling.



30. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller.

If you are strong and tough, then you are less likely to be vulnerable to tough times that will come attacking you, as they only last for a short period of time, whereas being a tough person will make you strong for as long as you live.



These are the quotes that would help you lift yourself up if you’re having a bad day. If someone else is causing you a bad day, don’t give them the power. If you yourself are giving yourself a bad day, take time to calm yourself down. The most important thing is to stand back up and continue your journey. Don’t let a small delay cause you a whole lot of regret in your life.

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