81 Quotes About Strength in Hard Times (COURAGE)

Top 10 Empowering Quotes About Strength

“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
Walt Disney

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. - Napoleon Hill — Strength and **growth** come only through continuous **effort** and struggle. – **Napoleon Hill**

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others. - Veronica Roth — A **brave** man acknowledges the strength of others. – **Veronica Roth**

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi — Strength does not come from physical **capacity**. It comes from an indomitable will. – **Mahatma Gandhi**

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. - Martin Luther King, Jr. — If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – **Martin Luther King, Jr.**

Character cannot 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

Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it. - Joel Osteen — Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it. – **Joel Osteen**

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. - Khalil Gibran — Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – **Khalil Gibran**

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 — 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**

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. - Nelson Mandela — Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. – **Nelson Mandela**

19 Inspirational Quotes About Strength In Hard Times

“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.”
Leonardo da Vinci

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 — 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**

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche — That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems. - Gever Tulley — **Persistence** and **resilience** only come from having been given the **chance** to work though difficult problems. – Gever Tulley

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. - Oprah Winfrey — Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. – **Oprah Winfrey**

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. - William Barclay — **Endurance** is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. – William Barclay

Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. - Drew Barrymore — Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. – **Drew Barrymore**

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius — You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – **Marcus Aurelius**

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. - Peter Marshall — When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and **diamonds** are made under pressure. – Peter Marshall

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. - Ernest Hemingway — The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – **Ernest Hemingway**

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. - Norman Vincent Peale — Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. – **Norman Vincent Peale**

The soul that is within me no man can degrade. - Frederick Douglass — The soul that is within me no man can degrade. – **Frederick Douglass**

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln — Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. – **Abraham Lincoln**

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. - LL Cool J — When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most **calm**. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. – LL Cool J

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. - Winston Churchill — This is no **time** for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. – **Winston Churchill**

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. - Albert Schweitzer — One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. – Albert Schweitzer

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. - Buddha — No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – **Buddha**

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. - Napoleon Bonaparte — The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the **communication** between the senses and the mind. – **Napoleon Bonaparte**

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. - Mike Tyson — As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. – **Mike Tyson**

17 Wise Quotes About Strength To Encourage You in Difficult Times

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. - Orison Swett Marden — Don’t wait for extraordinary **opportunities**. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. – Orison Swett Marden

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. - Paulo Coelho — 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. – **Paulo Coelho**

Grief and resilience live together. - Michelle Obama — **Grief** and resilience live together. – **Michelle Obama**

My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. - Alfred Lord Tennyson — My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears. - Demi Lovato — Nothing is more **beautiful** than the smile that has struggled through the tears. – **Demi Lovato**

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo — far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance. - Jodi Picoult — The human capacity for burden is like bamboo — far more flexible than you’d ever **believe** at first glance. – Jodi Picoult

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. - Swami Vivekananda — The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. – **Swami Vivekananda**

No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear. - Greg Kincaid — No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear. – Greg Kincaid

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. - Blaise Pascal — The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his **habitual** acts. – Blaise Pascal

People do not lack strength, they lack will. - Victor Hugo — People do not lack strength, they lack will. – **Victor Hugo**

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. - Charles Dickens — There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. – **Charles Dickens**

Perhaps I am stronger than I think. - Thomas Merton — Perhaps I am stronger than I think. – Thomas Merton

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. - Max Lerner — The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. – Max Lerner

The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. - Criss Jami — The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal. – **Criss Jami**

Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tzu — Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power. – **Lao Tzu**

We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. - Isabel Allende — We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. – Isabel Allende

2 Quotes About Strength and Teamwork

Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. - Mattie Stepanek — **Unity** is strength… when there is **teamwork** and **collaboration**, wonderful things can be achieved. – Mattie Stepanek

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. - J.K. Rowling — We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. – **J.K. Rowling**

3 Quotes About Strength and Heroism

“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - Christopher Reeve — A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. – Christopher Reeve

Heroism is endurance for one moment more. - George F. Kennan — Heroism is endurance for one moment more. – George F. Kennan

4 Quotes About Strength And Gentleness

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. - Leo Buscaglia — Only the weak are cruel. **Gentleness** can only be expected from the strong. – **Leo Buscaglia**

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. - Saint Francis de Sales — Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. – Saint Francis de Sales

Only the gentle are ever really strong. - James Dean — Only the gentle are ever really strong. – James Dean

We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine. - Mark Nepo — We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine. – Mark Nepo

2 Quotes About Strength For Women

“We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.”
Kavita Ramdas

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”
Audrey Hepburn

7 Quotes About Strength and Courage

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along’.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. - Ambrose Redmoon — Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. – Ambrose Redmoon

Courage isn't having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength. - Napoleon Bonaparte — Courage isn’t having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don’t have the strength. – Napoleon Bonaparte

“Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”
Thomas Carlyle

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 — 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**

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. - William Ellery Channing — Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. – William Ellery Channing

Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer. - Niccolò Machiavelli — Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer. – **Niccolò Machiavelli**

3 Quotes About Strength and Love

A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world. - Marilyn Monroe — A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world. – **Marilyn Monroe**

It is good to 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 well done. - Vincent Van Gogh — It is good to 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 well done. – **Vincent Van Gogh**

Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. - Mary Oliver — Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a **gift**. – **Mary Oliver**

14 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Strength

“It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.”
Bram Stoker