20 Powerful Quotes on Strength and Resilience
When we’re feeling down we need something to help motivate us out of our rut. Family and friends are an excellent source of encouragement in helping us to rebuild our self-confidence. Often though, words of wisdom do the trick and their keen insight gives us the lift we need.
These 20 quotes on strength and resiliency are excellent motivators. Hopefully, you’ll find at least one that resonates with you. Enjoy!
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world” — Harriet Tubman
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.“ — Rainer Maria Rilke
“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” — Tecumseh
“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.“ — Masaru Emoto
“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” — Booker T. Washington
“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.“ — August Wilson
“The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation.” — Unknown
“We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” — Vincent van Gogh
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over again.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Whenever You Find Yourself Doubting How Far You Can Go, Just Remember How Far You Have Come. Remember Everything You Have Faced, All The Battles You Have Won, And All The Fears You Have Overcome.” — Anonymous
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.“ — Helen Keller
“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.“ — Chris Bradford
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. — J.K. Rowling
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.“ — Joel Osteen
“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” — Louisa May Alcott
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” — Unknown
“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli
