In life, we all face setbacks and challenges. It’s like being in a dark tunnel at times, and it’s easy to lose hope.
But here’s the inspiring part: we have a remarkable ability to bounce back from those tough moments.
Below you’ll read amazing comeback quotes, the best ones I could find online, to remind you that no matter how tough things get, we can overcome and come back even stronger!
Best Comeback Quotes
1. “The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it.” — Vince Lombardi
2. “A great champion deals with setback with a comeback.” — Donna de Varona
3. “What makes a person a success is how they handle the lows in life and how they make their comeback.” — Chelsea Krost
4. “Today’s struggle is tomorrow’s strength, today’s setback is tomorrow’s comeback” — Amit Kalantri
5. “When you’re crying, your tears may be watering the seeds of your come-back.” — Steve Maraboli
6. “There’s nothing as exciting as a comeback — seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.” — Rachel Griffiths
7. “My story is filled with broken pieces, terrible choices, and ugly truths. It’s also filled with a major comeback, peace in my soul, and a grace that saved my life.” ― Kathy Browne
8. “Minor setback for major comeback.” — Lebron James
9. “He’s been to the brink and come back. I guess when you lose your pride, even for just a moment, you realize how much it means to you.” — Markus Zusak
10. “A comeback is a setback that did its homework, learned the lesson, and then moved forward.” — Eleanor Brown
1. “There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.” — Anne Lamott
2. “If you have a setback, don’t take a step back — get ready for a comeback!” — Tim Storey
3. “Every setback has a major comeback.” — Russell Wilson
4. “The tougher the setback, the better the comeback.” ― Bernard Osei Annang
5. “You may be in a tough time but that setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback.” — Joel Osteen
6. “I don’t know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.” — Lane Kiffin
7. “Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.”— Doug Williams
8. “A career is a series of ups and downs, of comebacks.” — Steve Guttenberg
9. “It’s not about the setback; it’s about the comeback.” — Robyn Benincasa
10. “Any good comeback needs some true believers.” — John Boehner
11. “Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.” — Unknown
12. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison
13. “Comebacks don’t seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God’s power to reverse the irreversible in your life.” — Tony Evans
14. “Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.” — Walt Disney
15. “It’s not the failures in our life that define us, it’s the moments when we decide that getting back up is all that matters.” — Joel Brown
16. “My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again.” — Thomas Muster
17. “It’s never too late to make a comeback.” — Christina Katz
18. “A champion is defined by the adversity he overcomes.” — Anderson Silva
19. “I made a little money. And like the Bible says, I was enjoying the fruits of my labor. This is my comeback. This is me doing what I love to do.” — Mr. T
20. “A setback only paves a way for a comeback.” — Evander Holyfield
21. “Almost every so-called setback is an opportunity for growth, learning, self-love, wisdom, and humility.”― Rasheed Ogunlaru
22. “Those who mastered in the art of falling have no fear of rising!” — Mehmet Murat ildan
23. “It’s not too late for a new beginning.” — Eleanor Brown
24. “It’s not about not getting knocked down. It’s about building yourself back 100X.”― Hiral Nagda
25. “When a ‘setback’ brings a ‘comeback,’ that’s grace in action!” — Evinda Lepins
26. “I feel blessed to have as many comebacks as I can.” — Paula Abdul
27. “Success is about handling the setbacks, problems, and mess, over and over.” ― Sharon Pearson
28. “I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.” — Alonzo Mourning
29. “When you have a setback it is actually a set forth of great you and greater things for you in the future.” ― Aiyaz Uddin
30. “You always have two options, either sit and regret about failure or bounce back and overcome failure in life. Choice is yours.” — Invajy
1. “Recovery is full of ups and downs. There is no such thing as a linear life. But you can always turn your setbacks into setups to come back stronger.” ― Brittany Burgunder
2. “We remember, We rebuild, We come back stronger.” — Barack Obama
3. “Real winners come back stronger than ever.” — Unknown
4. “Never give up on you. Disappointments will happen. No one gets a free pass from them. Look not at these trials as setbacks. Rather, look at the lessons attached for your greatest personal comeback yet. You’ve got this.” — Christine E. Szymanski
5. “I realized I could focus on my mistakes and feel sorry for myself, or I could learn from those mistakes and use them as motivation to come back stronger.” ― Drew Brees
6. “Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you have ever been to stand back up taller than you ever were.” — Unknown
7. “I’m coming back and I’m coming back swinging!” ― Benjamin Ford Crouch
8. “This is where I start my comeback. I will spend no more time asking God why doors have been closed because I’ll be too busy praising God for doors that are about to open.” — Unknown
9. “Take your time, recharge, and come back stronger.” — Unknown
10. “The truth is, you don’t learn much from winning but losing can make you a lot stronger.”― Drew Brees
11. “Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much.” — Geneen Roth
12. “I build myself back up and come back stronger. That’s what I do.” — Unknown
13. “Many will start fast, Few will finish strong.” — Gary Ryan Blair
14. “The hardest walk you can make is alone. But it’s the walk that will make you stronger.” — Unknown
15. “Strength is not about being unbreakable, but about picking up the pieces and rebuilding yourself stronger.” — Unknown
16. “The comeback is always stronger than the setback.” — Unknown
17. “My injury, I told myself to deal with it and bounce back stronger. I think I have.” — Djibril Cisse
18. “Whatever doesn’t kill you, simply makes you stronger.” — Batman
19. “Sometimes you have to get away to come back stronger.” — Unknown
20. “Sometimes we lose ourselves for a while, and that’s okay. It’s all a part of learning. Just make sure your comeback is stronger than your setback.” — Unknown
1. “Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that’ll be me.” — Steven Adler
2. “I am the underdog, “I was the undersized underdog who people never gave a chance. From that, the motivation to prove people wrong just grew and grew.” — Baker Mayfield
3. “To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.” — Mr. T
4. “Comeback! Even as a shadow, even as a dream.” — Anne Carson
5. “The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.” — Stephen Richard
6. “I’m a comeback waiting to happen. No one deserves it more than I do.” — Sean Young
7. “Failure is a part of the process. You just learn to pick yourself back up.” ― Michelle Obama
8. “It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.” — Zig Ziglar
9. “Wallowing in self-pity hurts no one except you. Boss up and find a way to get going again.”― Germany Kent
10. “When you hit hard tough stuff, do you feel flattened because of it or rebound in a new direction to keep living, loving, moving, and growing?” — Susan C. Young
11. “Fall down seven times, get up eight.” — Naoki Higashida
12. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” — Henry Ford
13. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
14. “No matter how hard it is or how hard it gets, I’m going to make it.” — Les Brown
15. “Start today creating a vision for yourself, your life, and your career. Bounce back from adversity and create what you want, rebuild and rebrand.” — Germany Kent
16. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” ― John F. Kennedy
17. “Books can teach you many nice comebacks.” — Tamuna Tsertsvadze
18. “I just showed the world tonight, everyone suffering from mental health. You can comeback, it can be done.” — Tyson Fury
19. “This is not a problem. I’m making everybody very calm, distracted by my bad results, and then I’m going to shoot. One good result and I’m coming back. This is a distraction, it’s the calm before the storm.” — Ernests Gulbis
20. “Turn every setback into a comeback.” — Kobe Bryant
21. “When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.” — Sarah Jessica Parker
22. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
23. “America loves a good comeback story!” — Laura van den Berg
24. “By making a comeback, I’m changing the attitude of people toward me. If I’d known that people would react so enthusiastically, I’d have done it years ago.” — Mark Spitz
25. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
26. “Comeback is a good word, man.” — Mickey Rourke
27. “Don’t say Aretha is making a comeback, because I’ve never been away!” — Aretha Franklin
28. “Success is sweet, especially when your enemies thought nothing good can come out of your life again.” — Bamigboye Olurotimi
29. “But ultimately what matters most is resilience — the ability to quickly rebound from failures, indeed to see failure as a stepping stone to success.” — Arianna Huffington
30. “Success is how high you bounce back after you hit bottom.” — General George Patton
See also: 220 Best Proverbs About Success To Give You Inspiration
1. “A setback often moves us to a road that is even worse, but leads to an even better destination.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
2. “We all take losses and it’s about getting up and coming back.” — Mike Epps
3. “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” — Terry Pratchett
4. “The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.” — Russell Lynes
5. “You are right, I do fall down a lot. But that wouldn’t be true if I never stood back up.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich
6. “Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure — they can be turned into wisdom.” — Cat Cora
7. “You can make a comeback, but ONLY if you believe you can.” — Nathan Lee Morales
8. “Insecure people don’t stage comebacks, since they don’t leave the scene.” — Atif Aslam
9. “A setback is a setup for a comeback.” — Les Brown
10. “Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected.” — Ann Patchett
11. “Making a comeback is one of the most difficult things to do with dignity.” — Greg Lake
12. “When life unexpectedly knocks you down, make an unexpected comeback.” — Unknown
13. “Setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams.” ― Dara Torres
14. “Failure is not the end. It is the start of your comeback story.” — Unknown
15. “I am the underdog, and I want to prove that one can follow one’s dreams despite all the flaws and setbacks.” — Winnie Harlow
16. “You can never have the comeback if you don’t have the retirement.” — Chael Sonnen
17. “We need to show character whenever we concede a goal and try to make a comeback.” ― Nicolas Anelka
18. “A setback only paves the way for a comeback.” ― Evander Holyfield
19. “Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appointment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it’s gone, it doesn’t come.” ― David Baldacci
20. “Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.” — J. K. Rowling
I hope this collection of comeback quotes has inspired you to find your inner resilience and bounce back from whatever life throws your way!
