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Quotes About Strength

I pulled the burden from off my back and tossed it into the wind. And stretched my arms toward the sky and let my life begin.
~ Avril Lavigne
To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life.
~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
An easy, non-self-denying life will never be one of power.
~ Hudson Taylor
I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die yelling & laughing.
~ Jack Kerouac
Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
~ Jawaharlal Nehru
I wanted to teach myself some life lessons at the age of 60 and one of them was that you don't give up.
~ Diana Nyad
Life is good, after all...and that's what stays with me, even now, even when I'm about to be packed off to Poland.
~ Etty Hillesum
Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.
~ Thomas Browne
It's never too late to reach for happiness and no matter what life has done to you, it's never too late to find it.
~ Kristen Ashley
I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
~ Lady Gaga
The truth is, I've been the Hulk my whole life.
~ Lou Ferrigno
Once you've had your life burn down, it takes time to be a Phoenix.
~ Sharon Stone
I think it's important for people to know that bad things do happen to good people and that life can throw a serious curveball at even the most cautious and "prepared" people out there.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.
~ Sylvester Stallone
I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power.
~ Tupac Shakur
Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
~ Menander
A Warrior trusts other people because, first and foremost, he trusts himself.
~ Paulo Coelho
Self conquest is the greatest of victories.
~ Plato
Life is, I think, a blunder and a shame.
~ William Ernest Henley
Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
~ Dag Hammarskjold
You can't play the role of a victim all your life without becoming one in the end.
~ Danilo Kiš
To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which should not happen to us, requires faith and courage.
~ Erich Fromm
The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.
~ Ernest Hemingway
My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
~ Bear Grylls