We’ve all been there. Feeling overwhelmed and like we can’t do anything to change the situation. These quotes about being overwhelmed perfectly capture that feeling. Reading them is a great way to remind yourself that you’re not alone and offer some encouragement to keep going.
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Overwhelmed quotes
1.) “You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.”
2.) “Life can be magnificent and overwhelming—that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.”
3.) “A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.”
4.) “A little progress each day adds up to big results.”
5.) “When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”
6.) “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.”
7.) “Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we’re taking on too much, but because we’re taking on too little of what really strengthens us.”
8.) “You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.”
9.) “Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
10.) “Sometimes you just need to be selfish and take care of you. If they love you, they’ll understand.”
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11.) “I often think I can’t do this anymore but then I realize what choice do I have?”
12.) “When you can’t cope with change, you feel overwhelmed, and you look for a simple solution.”
13.) “Every kid needs one place they can escape to when life gets to be too much.”
14.) “If you want to get something done, give it to a busy person.”
15.) “I feel so much that it is hard for me at times to feel anything at all.”
16.) “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.”
17.) “The less I needed, the better I felt”
18.) “Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”
19.) “Sometimes you just need to be selfish and take care of you. If they love you, they’ll understand.”
20.) “Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.”
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21.) “He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”
22.) “So far you’ve survived 100% of your worst days. You’re doing great”
23.) “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had absolutely no other place to go.”
24.) “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.”
25.) “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
26.) “Everything is figureoutable”
27.) “Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
28.) “Some days you will feel like the ocean. Some days you will feel like you are drowning in it.”
29.) “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had absolutely no other place to go.”
30.) “We keep imagining calm over the horizon once certain challenges are vanquished. But life is more like a long game of ‘Anxiety Whack-a-mole.”
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31.) “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”
32.) “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
33.) “Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture’s failure.”
34.) “Anxiety happens when you think to have to figure out everything all at once. Breathe. You’re strong. You got this. Take it day by day.”
35.) “You don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step”
36.) “Life can be magnificent and overwhelming—that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.”
37.) “Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is… the highway to success.”
38.) “Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
39.) “Don’t worry about all of the steps. Begin”
40.) “When it hurts—observe. Life is trying to teach you something.”
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41.) “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
42.) “When I feel like I’m getting overwhelmed, I take a break from my phone and social media to regroup.”
43.) “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.”
44.) “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced”
45.) “Some days you will feel like the ocean. Some days you will feel like you are drowning in it.”
46.) “Sometimes when you’re overwhelmed by a situation—when you’re in the darkest of darkness—that’s when your priorities are reordered.”
47.) “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
48.) “Life can be magnificent and overwhelming — that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.”
49.) “Start where you are. Do what you can. Use what you have”
50.) “I often think I can’t do this anymore but then I realize what choice do I have?”
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51.) “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.”
52.) “When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”
53.) “Some days you will feel like the ocean. Some days you will feel like you are drowning in it.”
54.) “If you want something different you must do something different”
55.) “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
56.) “Every moment is a fresh beginning”
57.) “Sometimes when you’re overwhelmed by a situation – when you’re in the darkest of darkness – that’s when your priorities are reordered.”
58.) “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible.”
59.) “You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.”
60.) “One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.”
Final thoughts
We hope you’ve found these quotes as inspiring as we have. They remind us that it is okay to be overwhelmed from time to time and that the key is to keep moving forward. What do these quotes mean to you? Share them with us in the comments below or on our social media pages. As always, thanks for reading!