20 Quotes to Remind You Better Days Are Coming

Discover 20 uplifting quotes to remind you better days are coming. If life feels heavy or overwhelming, these hope-filled and inspirational quotes will bring comfort, clarity, and gentle reassurance on hard days.

Why I Wrote This Post

There will always be days when everything feels heavier than it should. The hours stretch on, the nights are restless, and your mind hums louder than your body can keep up with. You try your best to stay positive and hopeful, but something inside you still whispers, “Will it always feel like this?”

I’ve lived through those seasons — the foggy ones, the uncertain ones, the ones you carry quietly because you don’t know how to explain them. And during those times, it was often the smallest reminders that made the biggest difference.

A sentence I stumbled across, a gentle phrase, a voice I’d never heard before telling me to just hold on a little longer. That’s what inspired this list.

Here are 20 quotes to remind you that better days are coming — even if you can’t see them yet, even if you’re not sure you believe it right now. Some are the words of people who made it through their own storms. Others are mine, for anyone searching for a more gentle way forward.

If you’re reaching for hope, for reassurance, or simply a little light, I hope one of these finds you right when you need it most.

Holding On to Hope on Heavy Days

When life feels overwhelming, our minds often turn inward and convince us nothing will ever change. Fear spins stories, anxiety paints worst-case scenarios, and exhaustion convinces us it will always be this way.

The truth is: nothing stays the same — not even the hard things.

Healing rarely arrives all at once. It comes quietly, often without clarity or confidence in a calmer breath that feels slightly less heavy than the one before.

These small shifts matter. They're the first signs of something better unfolding, even if they’re hard to recognise at first.

Let these quotes be gentle reminders that hope is still possible, and you're allowed to believe in a future lighter than this moment.

20 Quotes to Remind You Better Days Are Coming

1. “No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again.” — Jack Kornfield

2. “Where you are now is not where you’ll stay.”

3. “There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

4. “Better days are coming — even if you can’t imagine them yet.”

5. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

6. “Your story isn’t finished. This is just one chapter.”

7. “The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost

8. “Some seasons are for surviving. Some are for blooming. Both matter.”

9. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C. S. Lewis

10. “The heaviness you feel now will not last forever.”

11. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” — Helen Keller

12. “Even the longest night eventually gives way to morning.”

13. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.” — Jodi Picoult

14. “Hope doesn’t always feel big. Sometimes it’s just a breath that doesn’t hurt.”

15. “This too shall pass.” — Persian Proverb

16. “One day you’ll smile again without forcing it.”

17. “Every storm runs out of rain.” — Maya Angelou

18. “You cannot change what you refuse to confront.” — James Baldwin

19. “Sometimes things have to fall apart before they can fall into place.” — Marilyn Monroe

20. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James

Why Better Days Often Arrive Quietly

Most people expect healing to look like clarity or confidence — but real healing is usually much more subtle. I've found that better days don’t usually rush in all at once; they arrive in small, quiet moments:

• the first laugh after a long silence

• an unexpected wave of peace

• a decision that feels lighter

• a morning where you notice you’re breathing easier

These are small signs that something inside you is mending, softening, shifting.

Your progress doesn’t have to be big to be real. Sometimes the smallest changes are the ones that mean you’re finally moving forward.

How to Hold On When Life Feels Heavy

If you find yourself in a tough season, try to:

• Rest more than you think you should — exhaustion is not failure

• Be gentle with yourself — healing needs softness, not pressure

• Break life into small steps — focus on the next hour, not the next year

• Stay open to tiny improvements — they grow quietly

• Reach out if you need to — you don’t have to carry everything alone

You don’t have to fix your whole life today. You just need to keep going long enough for the light to reach you.

Final Thoughts

If today feels heavy, I hope one of these quotes brought you a little comfort or reminded you that your story is still unfolding. This isn't a permanent state. Things will change. You don’t have to believe in the whole path ahead. Just believe enough to stay.

Save or bookmark this post so you can return to these words whenever you need a reminder that your future still has room for joy, healing, and peace.

Better days aren’t just ahead of you. They’re already finding their way to you.