1. Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. - Abraham Lincoln 

2. 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 

3. Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. - Napoleon Hill 

4. One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. - Albert Schweitzer 

5. That which does not kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche 

6. No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. - Buddha 

7. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go. - J. C. Watts 

8. Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. - Winston Churchill 

9. You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius 

10. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. - Ernest Hemingway 

11. All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. - Walt Disney 

12. Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. - Oprah Winfrey 

13. 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 

14. Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 

15. Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie 

16. In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. - Robert E. Lee 

17. Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. - Mattie Stepanek 

18. Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. - Orison Swett Marden 

19. There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. - Louis XIV 

20. A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. - Marge Piercy 

21. Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. - Winston Churchill 

22. This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. - Winston Churchill 

23. 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. - Winston Churchill 

24. 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 

25. Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. - Ralph Waldo Emerson 

26. Silence is a source of great strength. - Lao Tzu 

27. He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty. - Lao Tzu 

28. Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. - Marcus Aurelius 

29. Nobody can hurt me without my permission. - Mahatma Gandhi 

30. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi 

31. Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession. - Mahatma Gandhi 

32. 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 

33. 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 

34. Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. - Khalil Gibran 

35. The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. - Napoleon Bonaparte 

36. A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. - Wayne Dyer 

37. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. - Frederick Douglass 

38. My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. - Alfred Lord Tennyson 

39. 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 Gogh 

40. Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. - Charles Spurgeon 

41. Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. - Victor Hugo 

42. I like criticism. It makes you strong. - LeBron James 

43. Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water! - Unknown 

44. Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. - John Locke 

45. The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. - Charles Dickens 

46. There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. - Charles Dickens 

47. Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. - Francis Bacon 

48. There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. - Booker T. Washington 

49. Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. - Leo Buscaglia 

50. The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. - Blaise Pascal 

51. If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. - Samuel Johnson 

52. Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Calvin Coolidge 

53. As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. - Mike Tyson 

54. The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. - Swami Vivekananda 

55. Perhaps I am stronger than I think. - Thomas Merton 

56. 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 

57. 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 

58. It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. - Elbert Hubbard 

59. Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on. - Henry Rollins 

60. If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. - Audre Lorde

61. When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid. - Audre Lorde 

62. This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. - Ludwig van Beethoven 

63. He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise. - George Herbert 

64. 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 

65. The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. - Arnold Schwarzenegger 

66. Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. - Virgil 

67. Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. - Thomas Carlyle 

68. Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. - Drew Barrymore 

69. A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. - Tecumseh 

70. Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. - Saint Francis de Sales 

71. Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. - Euripides 

72. Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by. - Ovid 

73. Only the gentle are ever really strong. - James Dean 

74. The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong. - Rick Perry 

75. The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it. - John Burroughs 

76. Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer 

77. Force has no place where there is need of skill. - Herodotus 

78. Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. - Anais Nin 

79. 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 

80. Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. - W. H. Auden 

81. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. - Hermann Hesse 

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

83. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. - Christopher Reeve 

84. Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away. - Dag Hammarskjold 

85. What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other. - Barbra Streisand 

86. When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. - Peter Marshall 

87. I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage. - Elizabeth Taylor 

88. It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

89. Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. - William Ellery Channing 

90. Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem. - Virginia Satir 

91. A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. - Vernon Howard 

92. My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title. - Layne Staley 

93. Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. - Madame de Stael 

94. Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled. - Harry Emerson Fosdick 

95. I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it. - Demi Lovato 

96. Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh 

97. 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 

98. 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 

99. Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. - William Barclay 

100. If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues. - T. D. Jakes