Going through a stressful PCS? I’ve been there! Here are 30 inspirational military quotes to get you through this tough time.
I’m not going to sugarcoat it, moving from Hawaii to Washington, D.C. has been stressful. And I feel like stressful really doesn’t even encompass all the emotions that have existed in between.
If you’re in the midst of a PCS, or just experiencing a period of heavy strain in this crazy military life, here are 30 inspirational military quotes to carry you through.
30 Inspirational Military Quotes For Families In The Middle Of A PCS
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” — Nora Ephron
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” — Walter Elliot
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.” — Mandy Hale
“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest.” — Walter Anderson
“The only way to have a life is to commit it to like crazy.” — Angelina Jolie
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” ― The Light in the Heart”
“Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it.” ―
“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” ― The Wanderess”
“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” ―
“Life has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.” — Nicole Kidman
“I just want you to know that if you are out there and you are being really hard on yourself right now for something that has happened … it’s normal. That is what is going to happen to you in life. No one gets through unscathed. We are all going to have a few scratches on us. Please be kind to yourselves and stand up for yourself, please.” — Taylor Swift
“You do not find the happy life. You make it.” — Camilla Eyring Kimball
“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” — Franklin P. Jones
“Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.” — Lana Del Rey
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time.” — Brene Brown
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly.” — Annicken R. Day
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” — Maya Angelou
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” — Paulo Coelho
“She stood in the storm. And when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” — Elizabeth Edwards
“There are far better things ahead than we ever leave behind.” — C.S. Lewis
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” — John Quincy Adams
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” — Oprah Winfrey
“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” — Amanda Gorman
“When your dreams are bigger than the places you find yourself in, sometimes you need to seek out your own reminders that there is more. And there is always more waiting for you on the other side of fear.” — Elaine Welteroth
“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.” — William James
“It’s not exactly like you thought it would be, you think it’s a failure. What about the spectrum of colors in between.” — Sara Evans
“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine
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