We’ve all been there: mistakes at work, angry clients, grumpy boss, and even the coffee machine seems to work against you.
A rough day at work can leave you feeling drained, frustrated, and questioning whether it’s bad luck or you are really incapable. It makes your next workday feel dreadful as you don’t know what will happen tomorrow.
But keep in mind, everyone has good days and bad days. Think of bad days as opportunities to validate yourself, reignite resilience and remind you that this will not last forever.
In this article, we’ve curated the best words of encouragement for a rough day at work to help you vent, reset, and reclaim your mojo. Let these words turn your worst workday into a stepping stone, not a stumbling block.
40+ Bad Day At Work Quotes To Make You Feel Better
A positive attitude is a person’s passport to a better tomorrow. – Jeff Keller
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. – Winston Churchill
Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come. – Zig Ziglar
Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. – Benjamin Franklin
Either you run the day or the day runs you. – Jim Rohn
Even the darkest nights will end, and the sun will rise. – Victor Hugo
Even when the sky is overcast, the sun hasn’t disappeared. It’s still there.
Every moment is a fresh beginning. – T.S. Eliot
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. – Truman Capote
Happiness is not the absence of problems; it’s the ability to deal with them. – Steve Maraboli
Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. – C.S. Lewis
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. – Stephen Covey
If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you. – Fred DeVito
If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl. Just keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr.
If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. – Banksy
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus
It’s just a bad day, not a bad life. – Mary Engelbreit
It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up. – Vince Lombardi
Keep your face towards the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll
Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be. – Eckhart Tolle
Master the ability to bounce back. Because life will throw you disappointments, people will leave you, and you will cancel some dreams. You may trip a little but please don’t fall. – Unknown
Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happiness, bad days give experience, worst days give lessons and best days give memories. – Unknown
Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles. – Charlie Chaplin
On the other side of the clouds is a bright blue sky. – Unknown
Storms hit your weakness but unlock your true strength. – Roy T. Bennett
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. – Regina Brett
The best way out is always through. – Robert Frost
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all. – Mulan
The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow.
Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller
Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. Enjoy the beauty of becoming. – Mandy Hale
We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are. – Max Depree
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. – Helen Keller
We ourselves feel that what we’re doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less without it. – Mother Teresa
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you feel so bad about your job right now, maybe you don’t realize that someone envies your job, even with all the difficulties. – Vanilla Writer
Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace. – French Proverb
Why worry? If you have done the very best you can. Worrying won’t make it any better. If you want to be successful, respect one rule: Never let failure take control of you. – Leonardo DiCaprio
Worrying won’t stop the bad stuff from happening. It just keeps you from enjoying the good. – Mandy Hale
You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. – Pema Chödrön
You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside. – Wayne Dyer
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. – Maya Angelou
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