“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.”
“Silence is a source of great strength.”
“There is a comfort in the strength of love; ‘Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart.”
“Nothing that has ever been thought and said with a clear mind and pure ethical strength is totally in vain; even if it comes from a weak hand and is imperfectly formed, it inspires the ethical spirit to constantly renewed creation.”
“Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.”
“In union there is strength.”
“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. ”
“I count life just a stuff, to try the soul's strength on.”
“To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Helen Keller
“Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.”
“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ”
“The world is not interested in what we do for a living. What they are interested in is what we have to offer freely - hope, strength, love and the power to make a difference! ”
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”
“With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.”
“Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.”
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.”
“I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.”
“There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.”
“In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins- not through strength but by perseverance.”
“When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
Audre Lorde
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
“Draw strength from the knowledge that education will break the backs of poverty, disenfranchisement, and violence; that war is never inevitable but only a terrible failure of the imagination; and that love is stronger than hatred. ”
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. ”
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ”
“I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress, and elevates empathy.”
“Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.”
“We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree—deeply rooted to withstand all life’s upheavals.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear, but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”