Strength quotes
958 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside strength — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"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."
"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
"We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided."
"The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain."
"Treat all things as if they were loaned to you without any ownership - whether body or soul, sense or strength, external goods or honors, house or hall . . . everything."
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"
"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."
"Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion."
"Well-behaved women seldom make history."
"Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy."
"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."
"Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more."
"Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace."
"If you have tears, prepare to shed them now."
"The sun shines not on us but in us."
"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."
"In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment."
"Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success."
"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."
