With 1/12 of 2018 complete, I think we should all give ourselves a round of applause. January was voted the worst month of the year and I think we can all agree that this January was no different. It just felt like the only day that occurred was never ending Mondays. The struggles were too real. Whether you were getting over all of that holiday weight you gained, trying not to slip on icy sidewalks, stressing over going back to school, or just had setbacks too early on for the year, I think we all need some motivation to keep going.

Even if the start of the new year was not what you hoped or planned for, you still have 11 more months to make it better.

Here are 20 quotes to help you keep going throughout this year and to not give up on 2018:

1. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt

2. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

3. I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. - Michael Jordan

4. When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford

5. It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. - Aristotle Onassis

6. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.- Dalai Lama

7. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington

8. When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. - Helen Keller

9. Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. - George Addair

10. To have faith doesn't mean you get any less frustrated when you don't do your best, but you know that it's not life and death. Take what you're given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going. - Tom Lehman

11. If something is important to you, you’ll find a way. If not, an excuse.

12. Keep on going and chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something while sitting down. - Charles Kettering

13. What's done is done. What's gone is gone. One of life's lessons is always moving on. It’s okay to look back to see how far you’ve come, but keep moving forward. - Roy Bennett

14. Sometimes it takes a good fall to know where you really stand. - Hayley Williams

15. If you're going through hell, keep going. - Winston Churchill

16. Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. - Jim Rohn

17. You don't drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there. - Robert Jordan

18. The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost

19. Tough times never last, but tough people do. - Robert H. Schuller

20. If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. - H.G. Wells