115 Better Things Are Coming Quotes to Help You Resurrect Hope

Waking up on the right side of the bed is not always guaranteed. You could be recovering from a week of being under the weather, stressing over your job, your future, your kids — and their futures — or even the list-topper: Money woes.

Whatever it is, worrying about stuff happens to everyone. However, what matters is rising above the exhaustion, discomfort, and grumpiness and holding on to the hope that things can only get better. A brighter future is promised because you have to have been in darkness to appreciate the light.

Here is a compilation of 115 quotes from authors and visionaries around the world that will make your day a little better and give you hope that better things are coming.

Anna Monnar's quote: "Don't ever lose hope because better days will come." | Image: Amodays

'Better Things Are Coming’ Quotes Filled with Inspiration

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." ― C.S. Lewis

"Don't ever lose hope because better days will come." ― Ana Monnar

"Better days are coming; I just have to hold on and wait for the good times to rock in!" ― Franklon Rashaude Voss, "The Days of Tragedy"

"The enemy fights the hardest when you are closest to your breakthrough. Know that your best days are ahead, and no weapon formed will prosper." ― Germany Kent

"There are better days ahead for you. You'll make it." ― Bob Merritt, "7 Simple Choices for a Better Tomorrow"

Keigo Higashino's quote: "Believe me. No matter how bad things are today, they'll be far better tomorrow." | Image: Amodays

"However hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be." ― Benjamin E. Mays

"Believe me. No matter how bad things are today, they'll be far better tomorrow." ― Keigo Higashino

"No matter what happens or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be a better tomorrow." ― Maya Angelou

"Be steadfast because things will get better, it may be stormy right now, but it won't stay that way forever." ― Salam Al Shereida

"Better days are on the way, and better days are here to stay." ― Craig Lewis, "Better Days"

Lailah Gifty Akita's quote: "There are more glorious days ahead, this should be your joy for today." | Image: Amodays

"Staying positive doesn't mean you have to be happy all the time. it means that even on hard days, you know that there are better ones coming." ― Abraham Schneersohn

"The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung." ― Hubert H. Humphrey

"Hope for a better tomorrow lightens the burden of today. Never stop believing. Tomorrow will be better than today." ― Olufunke Kolapo

"There are more glorious days ahead, this should be your joy for today." ― Lailah Gifty Akita

"When you are feeling blue, flip through it, and remind yourself that better days are just around the corner." ― L. Michelle Baker, "Writing in the Environmental Sciences"

Nâzım Hikmet's quote: "Our best days have yet to be lived." | Image: Amodays

"There are better days ahead! God wants to bring you through, to bring you out even better, and to restore everything you have lost, plus give you more!" ― Joel Osteen

"With love in our hearts, it inspires us to live and hope for better days ahead." ― L.S. Manuel, "Life Is Too Short"

"Our best days have yet to be lived " ― Nâzım Hikmet

"What lies ahead of you is better than what you have already experienced." ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu

"I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day." ― Rosa Parks

Marty Rubin's quote: "Good days just don't happen; you make them happen." | Image: Amodays

"Perhaps I've seen the worse and better days are on the way!" ― Robert S. Swiatek, "Don't Bet on It"

'Better Things Are Coming’ Quotes Full of Motivational Lessons

"Bad days always promise a better day tomorrow." ― Arieana E

"It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret." ― Jackie Joyner-Kersee

"Good days just don't happen; you make them happen." ― Marty Rubin

"Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones." ― I. M. Pei

Cristina Imre's quote: "Never underestimate how things can change for you in one day." | Image: Amodays

"Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’' greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead." ― Barack Obama

"Tomorrow, well….. Tomorrow is hope. Hope for a better life than you are living today. So don't worry about your problems. Don't worry about your shortcomings. You just focus on tomorrow." ― Alex K. Warren, "Wisdom & Vision"

"Lovely days don't come to you; you should walk to them." ― Rumi

"Every day presents a new opportunity to grow and press forward to your success. Stay the course believing that where you are right now doesn't matter as long as you are moving in the right direction." ― Germany Kent

"Never underestimate how things can change for you in one day." ― Cristina Imre

Zig Ziglar's quote: "Good action today will produce good living tomorrow." | Image: Amodays

"Never view obstacles in your path as the enemy. Rather, view any obstacles as detour signs to avoid pitfalls." ― Donald L. Hicks

"Good action today will produce good living tomorrow." ― Zig Ziglar

"Changes and circumstances will be coming back to back. Don't stop and keep finding possibilities, as there's always one way out." ― Aayush Verma

"Sometimes you have to forget what’' gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what's coming next." ― Will Smith

"When you love life passionately, a cloud of beauty floats above, adding an array of wonders to even the worse of days." ― Avra Amar Filion

H. Jackson Brown Jr's quote: "The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today." | Image: Amodays

"A day is a day. It's just a measurement of time. Whether it's a good day or a bad day is up to you. It's all a matter of perception." ― Donald L. Hicks

"Some of your best days are here. Right here, right now." ― Janet Frongillo, "Mommy Mixology"

"The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today." ― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"Stop living condemned. If you're feeling defeated, it's time to reevaluate your purpose, vision, mission, and values. Don't be down on yourself; your best days are ahead of you." ― Germany Kent

"Life is full of ups and downs, just like an ocean; sometimes it would be rough, and sometimes it would be calm." ― Nandene Srinivasan, "Nooks & Crannies of Our Heart"

Vikrmn's quote: "Smile at your best, you never know whose bad day turns bright with it."

"Sail through the good days, and on bad days pick a spot of blue sky to steer toward." ― Richelle E. Goodrich

"A great future awaits you. However, you have to divorce your past and get hooked for a better life. Embrace the great future ahead with all optimism!" ― Israelmore Ayivor

"Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday." ― Brian Tracy

"Smile at your best, you never know whose bad day turns bright with it." – Vikrmn

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." ― Albert Einstein

Thich Nhat Hanh's quote: “Smile, breathe, and go slowly." | Image: Amodays

"There may be something going on in your life right now that seems like a giant, so big that you think it's impossible to conquer. But, remember, no matter how gigantic your problems may be, you have everything in you to overcome. You have the power to say to that mountain move, get out my way. Activate your faith, and watch it happen. The victory is yours!" ― Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up." ― Robert Tew

“Before anything else, always remember: You have far better things to do than waste time beating yourself up over "Societal Standards." ― Efrat Cybulkiewicz

"Every day, do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow." ― Doug Firebaugh

"Smile, breathe, and go slowly." ― Thich Nhat Hanh

Amit Ray’s quote: "Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate." | Image: Amodays

"There will come a day when it will be our turn. Be patient." ― Charlie Valentine, "Better Days Ahead"

"Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate." ― Amit Ray

"All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it, you hold the possibility open that you will have better days." ― Wendell Berry

"People forget they have options. And they forget that those things don't really matter. They should concentrate on what they have and not what they don't have. And by the way, wishing and dreaming doesn't mean concentrating on what you don't have; it's positive thinking that encourages hoping and believing, not whinging and moaning". ― Cecelia Ahern

"If your life isn't where you want it to be, then you need to change your thinking so your life can be the way you want it to be in the future." ― Jeanette Coron

Jennifer Coletta’s quote: "Even the worst days have an ending, and the best days have a beginning." | Image: Amodays

"A woman of vision does not allow what she sees to stop her from envisioning a better future." ― Gift Gugu Mona

"Are you throwing darts at the challenges in your life? Hoping something sticks? Try using a laser instead! Choose the biggest challenge you have and take action as focused and precise as a laser. Darts can go anywhere, lasers only go where you aim them." ― James A. Murphy

'Better Things Are Coming’ Quotes to Provoke More Deep Thoughts

"Even the worst days have an ending, and the best days have a beginning." ― Jennifer Coletta

"I am merely at the midway point in the novel of my own life. On around page 250 of a 500-page tale and, given future medical advances, maybe even 200. There's no reason why the next 250, 300, or even 350 pages will not be far more exciting than the first half." ― Ray Smith

"Sometimes in life, a sudden situation, a moment in time, alters your whole life, forever changes the road ahead." ― Ahmad Ardalan

Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote: "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." | Image: Amodays

"Every situation in life is temporary, so when life is good, make sure you enjoy and receive it fully. And when life isn't so good, remember that I will not last forever, and better days are on the way." ― Jenni Young

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." ― Eleanor Roosevelt

"Isn't it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren't born yet for missing it. They may have good days, of course, but they can never have this one." ― L.M. Montgomery

"Isn't it cool when the days that are supposed to feel good actually do?" ― Jim Carrey

"As you wait for better days, don't forget to enjoy today, in case they've already started." ― Robert Breault

Crystal Woods’ quote: "Even if most days can't be half as good as today, it's days like this that make it all worth it." | Image: Amodays

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow." ― Orison Swett Marden

"Even if most days can't be half as good as today, it's days like this that make it all worth it." ― Crystal Woods

“Anything that comes your way by force was not meant for you. Everything that locates you on its own was yours and will be yours forever." ― Michael Bassey Johnson, "The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes"

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength." ― Corrie Ten Boom

"There is always some rain before the rainbow, and sometimes we have to face some cloudy days, but the sun will shine again." ― Trecia Powell, "Reflections Of Me"

Nancy B. Urbach’s quote: "I will not be trapped by the past. Today is a new day of possibilities." | Image: Amodays

"Better days are not tomorrow or the distant future where you are retired and finally freed from most of the responsibilities of life. The little deeds we do now, as well as the perspective we have towards life, can make a big difference between a happy man and a miserable, most unfortunate person in history. Better days are here." ― Clive Einstein, "The Little Book of Better Days"

"We are the sum total of our experiences. Those experiences – be they positive or negative – make us the person we are at any given point in our lives. And, like a flowing river, those same experiences, and those yet to come, continue to influence and reshape the person we are and the person we become. None of us are the same as we were yesterday, nor will be tomorrow." ― B.J. Neblett

"It was quite a beautiful thing, the way we simply just came to be. With no effort or trying, just slowly finding each other's hands in the dark. No chains or promises, just a simple sign of hope that things will go on and get better." ― Charlotte Eriksson

"I will not be trapped by the past. Today is a new day of possibilities." ― Nancy B. Urbach

"We often hear that some of the most significant life change comes about as a result of great pain and suffering. It is comforting to know that on the other side of darkness and despair exists hope, excitement, and anticipation for the future and its possibilities." ― Valerie Rickel

Desmond Tutu’s quote: "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." | Image: Amodays

"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." ― Bertolt Brecht

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." ― Desmond Tutu

"To such, we say, Live hopefully for better days ahead " ― William Whitty Hall, "Fun Better Than Physic"

"No matter what happens or how bad it seems today, life goes on, and it will be better tomorrow." ― Maya Angelou

"I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope – tomorrow will come. Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope." ― Ai Yazawa

Debasish Mridha’s quote: "A new day always comes with new hopes, new opportunities, and new lives." | Image: Amodays

"I cannot forget two things in my whole life; the bad days I have suffered and good days I have enjoyed." ― M.F. Moonzajer

"We all have negative days, but that doesn't mean we are pessimistic. We all do stupid things, but that doesn't mean we are stupid. It's important to be able to distinguish between what happens to us and who we are and look forward with hope for new and better days ahead!" ― Lindsey Stirling

"A new day always comes with new hopes, new opportunities, and new lives." ― Debasish Mridha

"During difficult times, never give up hope for better days." ― Halim Ozkaptan, Ph.D., "Overcoming Life's Struggles For Success and Happiness"

"Everything seems difficult until you change the ways and look at life from different angle." ― Jordan Hoechlin

Debasish Mridha’s quote: "Life changes when we lovingly accept change." | Image: Amodays

"Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together." ― Marilyn Monroe

"Improving your life doesn't have to be about changing everything – it's about making changes that count." ― Oprah Winfrey

"Life changes when we lovingly accept change." ― Debasish Mridha

"Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it." ― Muhammad Ali

"There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below." ― Richelle E. Goodrich

Katherine Applegate’s quote: "Life changes, so you must hope." | Image: Amodays

"The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, hoping for better ones ahead. The grand and the simple. They are equally wonderful." ― Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope." ― Bernard Williams

"Life changes, so you must hope." ― Katherine Applegate

"As long as you keep praying and trying and dreaming, there is hope." ― Richelle E. Goodrich

"Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good. ― Walter Mosley

Annie Dillard’s quote: "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." | Image: Amodays

"Change is inevitable and the ultimate way of life. Change creates new opportunities for new beauties in life." ― Debasish Mridha

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." ― Annie Dillard

"Every morning when I open my curtains for that first look at the day, no matter what the day looks like—raining, foggy, overcast, sunny—my heart swells with gratitude. I get another chance. In the best of times and worst of times, I know for sure this life is a gift." ― Oprah Winfrey

"Embrace the change. It will take you to the most phenomenal places you haven't even dreamt about." ― Hiral Nagda

Tony Robbins’ quote: "Today's winners tend to be tomorrow's losers." | Image: Amodays

"Life is a never-ending process of growth and learning. We can welcome this growth or choose to reject it. But, the healthy thing to do is welcome it with open arms, no matter how painful or hurtful the lesson may be. Because, if it is in your life, you can be fairly certain that it is there for a reason." ― Valerie Rickel

"Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well." ― Germany Kent

"Life certainly changes, doesn't it?" She asked her birth father. "One moment you feel there is no hope, no way out, and the next, the entire world opens up for you." ― Christine Feehan

"Like the waves in the ocean, life changes every moment." ― Debasish Mridha

"Today's winners tend to be tomorrow's losers." ― Tony Robbins

Laura Chouette’s quote: "Don't lose hope. You never know what tomorrow might change." | Image: Amodays

"You have to move forward in life. You can't sit in the same place unless you want to. That's a choice too. But you can't sit there because someone else says you have to because your moving forward makes them uncomfortable." ― Danielle Steel

"I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow." ― Carol Moseley Braun

"Don't lose hope. You never know what tomorrow might change." ― Laura Chouette

"Our commitment to bring incredible changes in our life should be the driving force that shapes our lives." ― Purvi Raniga

"Seasons change, people grow together, and apart, life moves on. You will be OK; embrace it." ― Alexandra Elle

Walt Disney’s quote: "Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy." | Image: Amodays

"Being a positive person doesn't mean you don't feel negative emotions. It means you have faith in your ability to get through tough situations, hope for better days, and the willingness to see beyond the drama." ― Leticia Rae

"Tomorrow will be better. But what if it's not.’" I asked. "Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better." ― Morgan Matson

"Don't look! Leap! If you fail, so what? Life is an experiment, find out what doesn't work, and you'll have narrowed the search for what does work. Your greatest gift is your ability to choose and to create your own destiny, so why accept limitations placed on you by a label or job classification, or an employee assessment form? " ― Les Brown

"Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy." ― Walt Disney

"One's belief cannot be allowed to suffocate under the tyranny of small minds, for hope itself does not hinge on the faith of the masses, rather the singular soul. And I hope most ardently." ― Caroline George

Debasish Mridha’s quote: "Like the waves in the ocean, life changes every moment." | Image: Amodays

All these inspirational quotes are from film producers, authors, poets, memorists, professors, businesspeople, and politicians. But before they earned their respective titles, they were human first.

That being said, they understand it is human nature to stress about things that are not going according to plan. And while a little worry and anxiety can be used positively to push oneself toward their goals, worrying too much could have adverse effects on a person.

In such situations, having a glimmer of hope to clutch to could mean the world to anyone in such a situation, and that's exactly what these quotes offer.

Many celebrities that we seek inspiration from, such as Oprah Winfrey and Jim Carey, started from the lowest rungs and became the bigwigs they are today. And so can you. Here are more quotes that inspire you to find your inner light.