“In the middle of a difficulty lies opportunity.”
Children have this amazing way of becoming exactly who we tell them they are. If we tell them they are strong, they become strong. If we tell them they are kind, they become kind. If we tell them they are capable, they become capable. Speak life into your kids, so they will have what it takes to tackle their own life one day.
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
The task ahead of you is never greater than the strength within you.
Being rude is easy. It does not take any effort and is a sign of weakness and insecurity. Kindness shows great self-discipline and strong self-esteem. Being kind is not always easy when dealing with rude people. Kindness is a sign of a person who has done a lot of personal work and has come to a great self-understanding and wisdom. Choose to be kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time because kindness is a sign of STRENGTH.
When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can either let it define you, let it destroy you or let it strengthen you.
Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. Strength comes from overcoming the things you thought you couldn’t.
“Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.”
“Self control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn’t shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don’t allow others to control the direction of your life. Don’t allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.”
“The will of the strong will never be shaken by doubts of the weak.”
“The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them.”
“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.”
“Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.”
“Being strong doesn’t mean you’ll never get hurt. It means even when you get hurt, you’ll never let it defeat you.”
“Strength isn’t about how much you can handle before you break, it’s about how much you can handle after you break.”
“Be strong. You never know who you are inspiring.”
“Everything is okay in the end, if it’s not ok, then it’s not the end.”
“My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when I was knocked down.”
“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.”
“Look at life through the windshield, not the rear view mirror.”
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
“Anyone can give up; it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, that’s true strength.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“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.”
It is easy enough to be virtuous, When nothing tempts you to stray, When without or within no voice of sin Is luring your soul away! But it’s only a negative virtue Until it is tried by fire, And the life that is worth honor on earth Is the one that resists desire. By the cynic, the sad, the fallen, Who had no strength for the strife, The world’s highway is cumbered today. They make up the sum of life. But the virtue that conquers passion, And the sorrow that hides in a smile, It is these that are worth the homage on earth For we find them but once in a while.
“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
“This too shall pass away.”
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.”
“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.”
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t.”
“Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don’t think you can, hold on.”
“Strength isn’t about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.”
“I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.”
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
“It’s not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then eat just one of the pieces.”
Now every time I witness a strong person, I want to know: What darkness did you conquer in your story? Mountains do not rise without earthquakes.
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from indomitable will.”
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure.
“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.”
“Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.”
“We acquire the strength we have overcome.”
“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”
“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.”
“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”
“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.”
“Through every dark night, there’s a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep your head up, and handle it.”
“You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
“He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.”
“The first step is you have to say that you can.”
If you are going through hell, keep going.