Wise and Inspirational Words Collection

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. LL Cool J When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. Audre Lorde When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. Peter Marshall 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 Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. Oprah Winfrey Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. Jack Welch With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt Women may fall when there's no strength in men. William Shakespeare Worry does not empty tomorrow of its s...

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. Booker T. Washington Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. W. H. Auden Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me. George Porter Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. Mattie Stepanek 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. Charles Stanley We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations. Sharon Salzberg We gain strength, and courag...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human. Elizabeth Edwards The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine 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. Robert Kiyosaki The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. Confucius The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. Napoleon Bonaparte The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson Silence is a source of great strength. Lao Tzu Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Hermann Hesse Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future. Blanka Vlasic Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Norman Vincent Peale Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Napoleon Hill Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. Arnold Schwarzenegger Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces. Judith Viorst Strength of character means...

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. Albert Schweitzer Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. Brian Tracy Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person. Albert Einstein Only the gentle are ever really strong. James Dean Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. Leo Buscaglia Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran Patience and time do more than strength or passion. Jean de La Fontaine Perhaps I am stronger than I think. Thomas Merton Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on. Henry Rollins

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away. Dag Hammarskjold 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 Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other. Naomi Benaron Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action. Dorothy Day Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music ha...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. Thomas Paine I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. Leonardo da Vinci I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do. Joan Jett I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a w...

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. Plato Good economic policy requires not so much the bravado to implement drastic change as the strength and wisdom to make reasonable trade-offs over the many years it takes to transform a country's standard of living. Peter Blair Henry Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson I believe it's time that women truly owned their superpowers and used their beauty and strength to cha...

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu 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 Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. John F. Kennedy Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? Nelson Mandela Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Calvin Coolidge Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. We...

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. Wayne Dyer A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. Tecumseh A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world. Marilyn Monroe A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. Marge Piercy A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. Vernon Howard Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. Charles Spurgeon As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed. Vincent Van...