Power And Strength Quotes:

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Leadership, Hurt And Pain, Hurt My Feelings

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Success, Inspirational Adversity, Inspirational Success Failure

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

- Laozi

topic: Inspirational, Knowing, Know Yourself, Personal Power, Spiritual Wisdom

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

- Seneca the Younger

source: "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Success, Dare, Inspirational Attitude, Inspirational Courage

Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.

- Henry J. Kaiser

topic: Motivational, Opportunity, Clothes, Solved Problems, Best Opportunity

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

- Vernon Howard

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Strong, Strength Of Will, Strength Weakness

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

source: Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Good Character, Soul Force

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

- Bruce Lee

topic: Inspirational, Being Strong, Fitness, Martial Arts Inspirational, Speed Limits

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

source: Orison Swett Marden (2013). “The Wisdom of Orison Swett Marden”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Strong, Strong Man, Strength Weakness

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Strength, I Am Strong, Inspirational Stay Strong

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur

source: "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Self Determination, Inspirational Achievement

Get the hell out of my way!

- Ayn Rand

source: Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2340, Penguin

topic: Strength, Courage, Philosophy, Inspirational Strength, Korean War

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

- Christopher Reeve

source: "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Hurdling Obstacles, Overwhelming Force

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.

- Louise Erdrich

source: "The Painted Drum". Book by Louise Erdrich, www.npr.org. 2005.

topic: Love, Life, Strength, Life Is Complicated, Hurting Yourself

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

source: "Old Town Folks". Book by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Chapter 39, p. 507, 1869.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Inspirational Cancer, Do Not Give Up

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

source: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging, Give Me Strength, Self Determination

When you 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

topic: Looks, Able, Next, Empowering Women, Inspirational Adversity

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

- Marie Curie

source: "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Confidence, Empowering Women, Perserverance

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspiring, Struggle, I Hate You, Just Stay Strong, Inspirational Stay Strong

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

- Epictetus

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspirational Goal, Repetitive

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

- Ernest Hemingway

source: Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Strong Man, I Am Strong

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Pushing On, Source Of Life

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

- Louisa May Alcott

source: J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1082, e-artnow

topic: Inspirational, Confidence, Wisdom, Storms Of Life, Tall Ships

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Marketing And Sales, Infinite Hope

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

- Drew Barrymore

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Scoliosis, Inspirational Addiction Recovery

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

- Anatole France

source: Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Journey To Success, Inspiration And Motivation

You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one's watching. Love as if it's all you know. Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

- James Dean

topic: Dream, Forever, Today, Learn To Fly, Pursue Your Dreams

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

source: Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

topic: Love, Life, Strength, Fine Arts, Souls In Love

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

- Phil Jackson

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Individual Power, Inspirational Team

It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

- Benjamin Franklin

source: Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: I Am Strong, Special Needs, Special Needs Children, Just Give Up, Just Stay Strong

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, Just Stay Strong, Never Forgive

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

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Inspirational Attitude, My Attitude

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

- John F. Kennedy

topic: Men, Stronger, Praying, Just Stay Strong, Inspirational Courage

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

- Michael Jordan

source: Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

topic: Teamwork, Winning, Thinking, Individual Goals, Individual Performance

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Indomitable, Indomitable Spirit

For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

topic: Attitude, Struggle, Moving, Mentally Tough, Sports Mental Toughness

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

- Corrie Ten Boom

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Inspiration And Life, Spiritual Advice

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

- Marcus Aurelius

source: Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.116, Lulu.com

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Positive Thinking, Power Of The Mind, Inspirational Bullying

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

- Michael Jordan

topic: Inspirational, Life, Sports, Power And Strength, Power Strength

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

- Bruce Lee

topic: Courage, Prayer, Motivation, Martial Arts Inspirational, Daily Living

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

- Elizabeth Gilbert

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Wishbones, Kickass Women

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

- A. A. Milne

topic: Inspirational, Believe, Thinking, Infertility, Times Have Changed

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

- Sarah Dessen

source: Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.327, Penguin

topic: Inspirational, Life, Strength, I Am Strong, Inspirational Stay Strong