76 Light At The End Of The Tunnel Quotes To Give You Hope

Deepthi Reddy
Dec 12, 2023 By Deepthi Reddy
Originally Published on Feb 14, 2021
Edited by Isobel Murphy
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The phrase, "light at the end of the tunnel" describes how, though it is hard to get through every difficult situation in life, if we keep working on it, we'll come out the other side stronger.

This expression of hope has been in use since 1882. It has been used by many writers across generations to symbolize hardships and why hope and patience are so important, and why we should never stop trying.

We have found the best light at the end of the tunnel quotes for perseverance that will make you stop and think. To find more similar quotes, check out these keep going quotes and life goes on quotes
 

Light At The End Of The Tunnel Quotes

Do you know someone who’s currently going through a hard time? Find your favorite from these light at the end of the tunnel quotes and try sharing these words of hope with them.

1."Sometimes life seems a dark tunnel with no light at the end, but if you just keep moving forward, you will end up in a better place."

- Jeffrey Fry.

2."There is a light at the end of every tunnel. Some tunnels just happen to be longer than others."

- Ada Adams.

3."No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel."

-Demi Lovato.

4."There is always a ray of light at the end of every dark tunnel."

- Tink.

5."I see light at the end of the tunnel."

-Walt Whitman Rostow.

6."Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel maybe you."

-Steven Tyler.

7."I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I’m going hard."

- Cam Newton.

8."Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can’t see it."

-Seth Godin.

9."There's a light at the end of the tunnel. It may take one day, it may take ten years. But one day, you will find happiness."

-Lil Xan.

10."The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."

– Mark Twain.

11."The hard days are what make you stronger."

– Aly Raisman.

12."Count on the light at the end of the tunnel."

-Jeffrey R. Holland.

13."We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We just need to keep battling."

-Aaron Rowand.

14. "Believe that you might be the light for someone else."

- Kobi Yamada.

15."It’s hard no matter where you are in the world, it’s always a bit of a battle, but there is light at the end of the tunnel."

- Andrew Jack.

16."The storms won’t last forever... There is always that light at the end of the tunnel."

- Diana Rose Morcilla.

17."The light is wherever you are. If you keep thinking your resolve lies in the future then it will always be just out of reach."

- David Ault.

18."Believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel."

- Kobi Yamada.

19."The light at the end of the tunnel is well worth the journey it took to get there."

-Amber Kanady.

20."As a matter of fact, there is still a lot of light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to find a way to get to it."

- Tyrone Willingham.

21."It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel."

-Victor Cruz.

22."Human beings can handle much terrible circumstances in life. And that there is always light at the end of the tunnel"

- Kaleb Kilton, 'Here Tomorrow'.

21."Hope is the light at the end of the tunnel guiding the way."

-Serena Smith.

24."There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through."

-David Allen.

25."Struggling is hard because you never know what's at the end of the tunnel."

-Don Rickles.

26."I want people to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel."

-Amber Mark.

27."It's been a long journey, but we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

-Brian Robertson.

28."Light at the end of the tunnel? We don’t even have a tunnel; we don’t even know where the tunnel is."

-Lyndon B. Johnson.

29."You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world."

-Oprah Winfrey.

30."There is a light at the end of the tunnel hopefully it's not a freight train!"

- Mariah Carey.

31."If you do not see light at the end of the tunnel, consider it an opportunity to create an opening yourself, wherever you want."

- Ashok Kallarakkal.

32."I want to show people no matter what they go through there’s a light at the end of the tunnel."

- Kyle Carpenter.

33."You’ve got to use it, the pain. Use it as fuel to move past the torment, to the light at the end of the tunnel."

- Thomas E. Sniegoski.

34."Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

-Michael Jordan.

35."If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Mary Pickford.

36."We took the path that led others nowhere and only we saw the light at the end of the tunnel."

-Akshay Vasu

37."Don’t wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the thing yourself."

-Sara Henderson.

38."If you entered a tunnel, you can be sure that the tunnel has at least one exit!"

- Mehmet Murat Ildan.

39."There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters."

- Emily Blunt.

40."We were just slogging on from day to day and making the best of it. But with a light at the end of the tunnel... America!"

-Frank McCourt.

41."There's no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come."

-John Podhoretz.

42."Just stop wasting your time and learn to be your own kind of light."

- Samiha Totanji.

43."Maybe the light is at the other end of the tunnel."

-Ben Fountain.

44.“Done is better than perfect.”

– Sheryl Sandberg.

45."I always believe in just have as much fun as you can so that when you're in the part that you hate, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, that you're close to finished."  

-Joss Whedon.

46."Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel. "

-Ian Botham.

47."There's a light at the end of the tunnel. And it's a train."

-Margaret Smith.

48."If there is no light at the end of the tunnel, march on down there and turn into yourself."

-Patricia Morse.

49."Poetry is the tunnel at the end of the light."

- J. Patrick Lewis.

50."The light at the end of the tunnel is just you with the chance to be born again."

-Anthony T. Hincks.

51."The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train."

- Robert Lowell.

52."Greater is he who accepts discouragement and keeps forward momentum, never retreating. Greater is he who sees the light at the end of the tunnel and keeps their eye on the light."

-Rich Barnes.

53."To the pessimist the light at the end of the tunnel is another train."

- Joan Rivers.

54."Walk on. There’s a bulb at the end of your tunnel. Your faith will light it up when you get there!"

- Israelmore Ayivor.

55."The light at the end of the tunnel is your life, it’s the tunnel that is temporary."

-Michael Josephson.

56."Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

57."Within you is the light of a thousand suns."

- Robert Adams.

58."It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."

-Aristotle.

59."At the end of every light, is a tunnel of darkness."

-Anthony Liccione.

60."He would have been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower. "

-Terry Pratchett.

61."Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years."

-Graham Greene.

62."If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train.

-James Russell Lowell.

63."Dreams are important, but if they are not followed up by a commitment to the process, then they will simply remain daydreams, never seeing the light at the end of the tunnel."

- Noel Jones.

Funny Quotes About The Light At The End Of Tunnel

Life is a colorful journey, here we bring some funny quotes to make your day that little bit better.

64."I can see light at the end of the tunnel and it isn't a train."

-David Bowie.

65."The only way to see the light at the end of the tunnel was to crawl through the mud in darkness."

- Rachel Reiland.

66."If you see the light at the end of the tunnel, you’re looking through binoculars the wrong way."

- Josh Stern.

67."I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel."

-Ryne Sandberg.

68."Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train."

-Charles Barkley.

69."Every time I'm shooting a movie... I don't see the light in the end of the tunnel."

-Emir Kusturica.

70."Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel."

- John Quinton.

Encouragement Quotes

An encouraging thought is one of the best things to inspire you to keep moving forward every day. If you want to hear quotes that would encourage you day in, day out, you need to read this list.

71."Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

-Helen Keller.

72."Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up."

-Anne Lamott.

73."This too shall pass."

– Persian Adage.

74."Fall seven times, stand up eight."

– Japanese Proverb.

75."The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down."

-Stephen Richards.

76."When you possess light within, you see it externally."

-Anais Nin.

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Written by Deepthi Reddy

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Deepthi ReddyMaster of Business Administration

With an MBA under her belt, Deepthi has discovered her true calling in content writing. Her writing repertoire is diverse, covering travel, movies, pet care, parenting, animals and birds, and more. Her joy of learning and creating has helped her craft well-written and engaging articles. When she isn't writing, Deepthi enjoys exploring new cultures, trying different foods, and spending quality time with her two children aged 7 and 12.

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