Being Strong Quotes - Page 4

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

No matter what sort of adversity or challenge you might face, you can always believe that, with hope, it can be conquered and, in the end, you will be stronger for it.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.

This is the law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; that surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

Weakness and strength are necessary for balance. No one or nothing is only weak or only strong. But some of us overlook our weaknesses, and even deny that we have them. That can be dangerous, because denying there is a weakness is in itself a weakness. Likewise, accepting that we have weaknesses becomes a strength. And by the same token, overestimating strength is a weakness. You should not be blinded by your strengths. The feeling of strength is not the same as having strength. Neither should you ignore your weaknesses. Know them well, too.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

The weak can never forgive.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

You have to believe in yourself and be strong.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

Through persistence, self-knowledge, prayer, commitment, optimism, a resolute trust in God and the building of your own personal moral strength, you can enjoy the blessings of a deeper faith and face the difficulties of life with courage and confidence.

It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.