Cool Quotes About Strength

From time to time we all feel a little lacking in strength and determination to accomplish the tasks we set out to do.  Quotes about strength can help us to focus and regain our resolve to keep going an push forward to success.  Here is a list of some cool quotes about strength to help you on your way:

quotes about strength
We acquire the strength we have overcome. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
What does not kill me makes me stronger. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes. ~Joseph Campbell
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. ~Vincent Van Gogh
You can’t really be strong until you see a funny side to things. ~Anonymous
Our strength grows out of our weaknesses. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Strong lives are those that are marked by a sense of purpose, connectedness, resilience, and fulfillment. ~Jenifer Fox, Your Child’s Strengths
Follow your honest convictions and be strong. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray.
Personal power means being secure and confident inside yourself. ~Stick Up for Yourself: Every Kid’s Guide to Personal Power & Positive Self-Esteem by Lev Raphael & Gershen Kaufman
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Strength is a matter of a made up mind. ~John Beecher
Live in terms of your strong points. Magnify them. Let your weaknesses shrivel up and die from lack of nourishment. ~William Young Elliott
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu.
Honor your being. Release each and every struggle.?Gather strength from life’s storms.?Relax into the arms of spirit. ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny. ~ Edward G Bulwer-Lytton.
You are not being tested! You are being fortified! Remember, you cannot fail! ~One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. ~ Melinda Gates
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ~Arnold Schwarzenegger
My greatest strength is common sense. I’m really a standard brand – like Campbell’s tomato soup or Baker’s chocolate. ~Katharine Hepburn
A warrior…must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.  ~ David Gemmell.
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.  ~ Jean Paul Richter.
Above all challenge yourself. You may well surprise yourself at what strengths you have, what you can accomplish. ~Cecile Springer
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength. ~Michael Jordan
How strong you stand is what makes you. ~ Anonymous.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. ~Vincent Van Gogh
Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength. ~August Wilson
Every single time you make a choice to respond in a way that expands you and creates more peace and well-being, you’re strengthening your ability to make that same positive choice in the future. This is true empowerment; it moves you from being a victim to being a victor. ~Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out by Carol Kline & Marci Shimoff
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. ~Maya Angelou
One of the most crippling things we can do to ourselves is expect someone else to make us happy. ~The Courage to Be Yourself: A Woman’s Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem ?by Sue Patton Thoele
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. ~Billy Graham
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength. ~Ralph Sockman
There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm. ~Beverly Sills
Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind. ~ Alex Karras.
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. ~Cesar Chavez
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.?~Paul Cezanne
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.~Hasidic Saying
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. ~Maya Angelou
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ~Christopher Reeve
Silence is a source of great strength. ~Lao Tzu
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. ~Albert Einstein
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face. We must do that which we think we cannot. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. ~ Winston Churchill.
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. ~ Anonymous.
If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. ~ Corrie TenBoom.
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. ~ Anna Freud.
But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.  ~ Dr Robert Anthony.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. ~Brian Tracey
You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ~Marcus Aurelius
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.  ~ Arthur Helps.
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. ~ Og Mandino.
When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.  ~ Lao Tzu.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. ~Elbert Hubbard
It is truly said: It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do. ~Chow Ching
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up?if thou wilt always look there. ~Marcus Aurelius
Visualize how the martial arts fighter uses the strength of his opponent against him. Use that principle in your encounter with life. Deflect the blows rather than allowing them to crush you. ~Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
Women, when they are old enough to have done with the business of being women, and can let loose their strength, may be the most powerful creatures in the world. ~Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy – Until You’re 80 and Beyond by Chris Crowley
It’s being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power -?if you’re willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.?~Whoopi Goldberg
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. ~Ben Jonson
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul. ~John Muir
Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible – not to have run away. ~Dag Hammarskjold
There is a strength of a quiet endurance as significant of courage as the most daring feats of prowess. ~ Henry Theodore Tuckerman.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career. ~ Abdul Kalam.
But when you truly respect yourself, when you deeply believe in the value of your soul, you will always survive. ~Lauren Manning, Unmeasured Strength
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.  ~ Euripides.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. ~Oprah Winfrey
The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution. ~Unknown
Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then eat just one of those pieces. ~ Judith Viorst.
If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them. ~Mohandas Gandhi
Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body. ~Ovid
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ~Henry Ward Beecher
Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out. ~Katherine Dunham
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ~Mother Teresa
True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.  ~ Henry Miller.
God, give me strength to get through today. ~ Kim-Lee Patterson.
My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
In the darkest hour the soul is replenished and given strength to continue and endure. ~Unknown
To be strong in body is to be strong in mind. A woman’s physical strength cannot help but become psychological strength. Strong women make happy lives. ~Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives by Mina Samuels
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. ~Drew Barrymore
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. ~Amos Bronson Alcott
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. ~ Henrik Ibsen.
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