Quotes About Strength

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Napoléon Bonaparte

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

Dalai Lama XIV

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.

Mahatma Gandhi

Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

Judith Viorst

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

Emilie Autumn

Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.

José N. Harris

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

Sarah Dessen

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.