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Quotes About Strength

Every day you either see a scar or courage. Where you dwell will define your struggle.
~ Dodinsky
We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
~ Langston Hughes
There is nothing to be afraid of if you believe and know that the cause for which you stand is right. You are ready to face anything and you face it with a humble smile on your face, because you know that all of eternity stands with you and the angels stand beside you and you know you are right.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr., 1961
All mothers are working mothers.
~ Author Unknown
Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you!
~ Forest Houtenschil, c. 1980
A mother is the truest friend we have; when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends, who rejoiced with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
~ Author unknown, c. 1875
I'm a dandelion in a harsh wind.
~ Terri Guillemets #infj #hsp
My generation is not strong. My grandfather fought in World War II. I had a panic attack during the series finale of Breaking Bad.
~ Matt Donaher
The tougher you are, the more fragile.
~ Terri Guillemets
Best friends make the good times better and the hard times easier.
~ Author Unknown
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt.
~ Author Unknown
To array a man's mind and will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
~ Henry Ward Beecher, 1867
Tyrannosaurus drinks. Tyrannosaurus drives. Tyrannosaurus rex.
~ Author Unknown
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on!
~ Author unknown, 1920s
When you get to your wits' end, you will find that God lives there.
~ Author Unknown
We won't break, Mary. We look very small, but the reed can carry weight.
~ Emily Dickinson, 1862
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
~ Jewish proverb
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, 1957
God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
It's because so much happens. Too much happens. That's it. Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. That's it.
~ William Faulkner
You must be at the end of your rope. I felt a tug.
~ Author Unknown
The purpose of primary education is the development of your weak characteristics; the purpose of university education, the development of your strong.
~ Nevin Fenneman
...whereas I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
~ Anais Nin
My favorite thing about girl power is that over time it turns into woman power.
~ Cleo Wade, cleowade.com