Strength Quotes

""I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.""

- Audrey Hepburn

"grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

- Isaiah 40:31

"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."

- Philippians 4:13

"Surrender is not a weakness, it is a strength. It takes tremendous strength to surrender life to the supreme – to the cosmic unfolding."

- Mooji

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go."

- Hermann Hesse

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you."

- Gautama Buddha

"Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame."

- Buddha

"The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men."

- Buddha

"Though she be but little, she is fierce."

- William Shakespeare

"'Parents exist in children,' Grandmother said to bolster my confidence. 'Your mother will always exist in you. She will give you strength wherever you go.'"

- Lisa See

"The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever."

- Sonia Sotomayor

"People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I’m very proud to have Latin blood."

- Zoe Saldaña

"If a man does not exercise his arm, he develops no biceps muscle; and if a man does not exercise his soul, he acquires no muscle in his soul, no strength of character, no vigor of moral fiber, nor beauty of spiritual growth."

- Henry Drummond

"Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

- Helen Keller

"Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers."

- Swami Sivananda

"We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward."

- Isabel Allende

"What makes you different or weird, that's your strength."

- Meryl Streep

"The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow."

- Robert Tew

"If you want the light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining."

- Guy Finley

"Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won’t have a title until much later."

- Bob Goff

"Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try."

- Ernest Hemingway

"A ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for."

- Albert Einstein

"There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet."

- William Frederick Halsey Jr.

"Nur die Harten kommen in den Garten."

"Running reminds you that even in your weakest moments, you are strong."

"The wishbone will never replace the backbone."

"We defy gravity with every jump, we conquer the court with every move."

"We may not be the tallest, but we're the most agile."

"Fathers are the pillars that hold us steady while we learn to stand on our own."