Quotes about Strength

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity—awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime.

They tried to bury us. They just didn't know we were seeds.

There are two ways of being strong: one is pushing people down, the other is pulling people up.

Sometimes the most whole people are those who come from the most broken circumstances.

On n'est pas courageux si on ne connaît pas la peur.

Though adversity is the fertile soil in which the human spirit best grows, we loathe it still. I do not see how it can be otherwise, for no rational being seeks out pain and misfortune. Still, I cannot help but wonder if it is not somehow wrong to enjoy the fruit but curse the tree.

Everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

So if she left you because you suck, she still did you a favor." "How is that?" "Because no one is happy living in a sick relationship, whether they're the weak link or the strong one. And if you're the weak link, this is your chance to learn that." "What are you, a marriage counselor?" "No. I'm a weak link.

It's been my experience that those with the toughest shells have the softest hearts

We do not succeed in spite of our obstacles and challenges. We succeed precisely because of them.

I believe that, for the most part, we don't succeed in spite of our hardships but precisely because of them.

Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.