Strength Quotes - Page 4

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

When someone with the authority of a teacher, say, describes the world and you are not in it, there is a moment of psychic disequilibrium, as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing. Yet you know you exist and others like you, that this is a game with mirrors. It takes some strength of soul--and not just individual strength, but collective understanding--to resist this void, this nonbeing, into which are thrust, and to stand up, demanding to be seen and heard.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.

Never pray to God for release of your problems. Never pray to God to change your life, and to give you something better. This is wrong prayer. If you have to pray to God, pray to God to give you the strength and the wisdom and the courage that you need to be able to handle the situation that you're in. This is correct prayer.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

True spirit of Judo is nothing but the gentle and diligent free spirit. Judo rests on flexible action of mind and body. The word flexible however never means weakness but something more like adaptability and openmindedness. Gentleness always overcomes strength.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.