59 Life Goes On Quotes That Will Inspire You in Life’s Struggles

Were you betrayed by someone you trusted in your life? Did someone suddenly leave you without saying goodbye? Have you ever experienced the grief caused by the death of someone you loved?

59 Life Goes On Quotes

Whatever struggles you are facing right now, these 59 “life goes on” quotes can help provide inspiration for you to get back up and move on.

1. “People change and things go wrong but just remember life goes on.” — Mac Miller

2. “Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn’t happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?” — Elizabeth Scott

3. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

4. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” — Robert Frost

5. “…but ready or not, life goes on.” — Sidney Sheldon

6. “Sometimes you’re flush and sometimes you’re bust, and when you’re up, it’s never as good as it seems, and when you’re down, you never think you’ll be up again, but life goes on.” — George Jung

7. “Life goes on after sorrow, in spite of sorrow, as a defense against sorrow.” — Cornelia Meigs

8. “One thing always sure. Life goes on with you or without you, no matter how much you saw.” — Lalita Tademy

9. “If something does go wrong, here is my advice… KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.” — Maira Kalman

10. “Because life goes on, L. The birds do their thing, and the bees do theirs. Seeds get scattered, and everything grows back.” — Kami Garcia

11. “Regardless of how it goes down, life goes on.” — Rick Ross

12. “Life goes on is a redundancy. Life is defined by its going on.” — David Leviathan

13. “Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.” — Kris Carr

14. “Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.” — Elizabeth Scott

15. “They discovered that even in the face of pain that seems unbearable, even in the face of pain that wrings the last drop of blood out of your heart and leaves its scrimshaw tracery on the inside of your skull, life goes on. And pain grows dull, and begins to fade.” — Poppy Z. Brite

16. “Weep if you must. Parting is hell, but life goes on, so sing as well.” — Joyce Grenfell

17. “Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won’t. Life goes on.” — Carmelo Anthony

18. “That’s what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away: The simple things last; they are repeated over and over by each generation.” — Philip Reeve

19. “There are people in your life who’ve come and gone, they let you down and hurt your pride. Better put it all behind you, life goes on, you keep carrying that anger, it’ll eat you up inside.” — Don Henley

20. “You learn if your mind stays open. And once you can’t learn no more, your mind must be closed. Life goes on and you keep growing, you know?” — Bobby Womack

21. “Life goes on. Get over it. You’re still young. It’ll get better. Blah, Blah, Blah.” — David Levithan

22. “No matter what you think-life goes on and the world still turns and the universe has its own story. The most we can do is plan anyway, but understand, be humbled by things greater than ourselves.” — Bill Cosby

23. “When you lose what you love, remember to stay strong. Look out the window and remember life goes on.” — Drew Chadwick

24. “You can break down and cry, but you have to get back up and start living again because life goes on.” — Unknown

25. “I’ve been in love and it doesn’t last. And when it’s over, it’s hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in love again. This pattern repeats itself until one is too jaded to believe in it anymore, or too old for all the upheaval.” — Laura Lee

26. “I’m not going to hold my breath because life goes on. Life is too short to sit around moaning about what could have been or what was.” — Tina Weymouth

27. “You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It’s only when you risk failure that you discover things.” — Lupita Nyong’o

28. “People change. Love hurts. Friends leave. Things go wrong. But just remember that life goes on. Time stops for no one.” — Unknown

29. “In the middle of life, death comes to take your measurements. The visit is forgotten and life goes on. But the suit is being sewn on the sly.” — Tomas Transtromer

30. “I’ll be strong, I’ll be wrong, oh but life goes on. Oh, I’m just a girl, trying to find a place in this world.” — Taylor Swift

31. “The biggest mistake we make is trying to square the way we feel about something today with the way we felt about it yesterday. You shouldn’t even bother doing it. You should just figure out the way you feel today and if it happens to comply with what you thought before, fine. If it contradicts it, whatever. Life goes on.” — Malcolm Gladwell

32. “Sometimes, you regret letting certain people into your life. The harm has already been done. All you can do is learn a lesson from it and move on. Life is too short to spend it on regrets. life goes on.” — Gloria Lamisi

33. “Life goes on if you’re one of the lucky ones.” — Judy Blume

34. “To be judged for your imperfections is to be judged of being human. Mistakes are made, life goes on, don’t let other people change who you are.” — Unknown

35. “I would love to have a complete family. I’d love to do it all at once. I’d love to be able to give to my children what my parents were able to give to me. And if I’m blessed to be able to do that, fantastic. If I’m not, then life goes on. You have to do the best you can. I do think we have to bring the family back; I do.” — Michael Ealy

36. “Life is more than just chess. Though king dies, life goes on.” — Toba Beta

37. “Living under a cloud of black, udder a single word and watch the lightning strike, feel the roar of the thunder. Periods of calm are like tears dripping from a rainbow, and life goes on.” — Donna A. Favors

38. “Sometimes you have to accept the fact that certain things will never go back to how they used to be. Life goes on.” — Unknown

39. “Life gets more interesting as it goes on. It becomes fuller because there is perspective there.” — Ann Dowd

40. “So long as this struggle known as life goes on, there will always be the music to fit the mood and make it better.” — Patrick James Balthazor

41. “Even though we have been hurt, we must find a way to get through it, life goes on whether we want it to or not. The world keeps turning no matter how bad we feel. This is why we have to learn how to bounce back and keep moving forward.” — Rashida Rowe

42. “Forgive the haters for what they did to you and also forget what they think about you, always see in the eyes of someone you love a lot and feel that if you cry they will also, now finally put your hand on your heart and remember two things LIFE GOES On no matter what happen with you in past and God has sent you on earth for some special purpose.” — Niishan Panwar

43. “It is hard to lose someone who meant everything to you and you just can’t live without them. But at the end you will get used to it and life goes on.” — Unknown

44. “Things change and friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody, and neither should you.” — Unknown

45. “You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you are sad, love what you’ve got and remember what you had. Always forgive but not forget, learn from your mistake but never regret, people change, and things go wrong, just remember life goes on.” — Unknown

46. “When the pretty birds have flown, And you feel hurt and alone, Be strong and carry on, And remember that life goes on.” — Mouloud Benzadi

47. “She taught me that life goes on, and that I had a choice. To lament what I no longer have or be grateful for what remained.” — Unknown

48. “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” — Maya Angelou

49. “Don’t wait for someone who has completely given up on you. Life goes on.” — Unknown

50. “It’s never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on.” — Francois Hougaard

51. “Life goes on, whether you choose to move on and take a chance in the unknown, or stay behind, locked in the past, thinking of what could’ve been.” — Unknown

52. “Remember, whether you choose to move on or stay stuck in the past, life goes on!” — Billy Cox

53. “Change has to come for life to struggle forward.” — Helen Hollick

54. “You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” — Oprah Winfrey

55. “Life goes on. Probably not the way you wanted it to be, but always the way it’s supposed to be.” — Unknown

56. “As life goes on, the more you allow any negativity to consume your thoughts, the less room you have for positivity to enter them.” — Unknown

57. “I’m too old to worry about who likes me and who dislikes me. I have more important things to do. If you love me, I love you. If you support me, I support you. If you hate me, I don’t care. Life goes on with or without you.” — Unknown

58. “Life goes on, so people move on. But you can’t move on if you are not willing to say goodbye.” — Unknown

59. “On the canvas of life we often go off color. But as long as there are special people to add the right shades, life goes on to be a rainbow. We should strive to become like those special people.” — Unknown

Actionable Steps Toward Recovery From Life’s Struggles

Quotes have inspiring messages, but you also need to take substantial steps when facing life’s struggles. Whether you’re suffering from alcohol addiction or any type of substance abuse, or whatever problem you’re facing in life, the battles are real and a lot difficult if you don’t have a solid plan.

Take a look at these actionable steps toward recovery so that you can face life braver and smarter:

Attend Support Groups

For those who can’t stop alcohol drinking or drug abuse, Stones River Center highly recommends these people to attend support groups or organizations, like Alcoholics Anonymous. These support groups can help you strengthen your support system and avoid relapse.

Here’s how support groups can help you:

• Involve and engage you in group therapy, allowing you to realize that you’re not alone in your journey and there’s still hope in your case.
• Provide helpful advice as to the next steps you have to take towards sobriety.
• Refer you to appropriate agencies for professional help as necessary, such as to family lawyers if you have legal problems with divorce, child custody, or other family cases.

Reflection and Meditation

Through reflecting and meditating, you can improve your spirituality and achieve spiritual awakening. Take a moment to pray, breathe, be with yourself, and free your mind from all the stress, worries, and fears.

Here’s how to best reflect and meditate at home:

• Read spiritual texts, quotes from the Bible, or any inspiring book or online material that you can ponder upon.
• Set a schedule to pray, reflect, and meditate and be consistent with it.
• To boost your mood for reflection and meditation, use aromatherapy or essential oils, candles, crystals, and other relaxing mediums.
• Once in a while, take a vacation, do yoga, or be close with nature through adventure trips to discover oneself and get spiritual enlightenment from these experiences.

Final Thoughts

Life is unpredictable and cruel at times. It is like a road where we carefully look right and left just to make sure we don’t get hit by a vehicle. But, surprise, surprise! An airplane hits you out of nowhere.

Life throws infinite troubles and obstacles at us like there’s no tomorrow. However, life goes on no matter what we do; just like an unstoppable clock that just keeps ticking and never gets tired.