Strong Quotes

strong quotes

“Mental and physical strength is easy to measure in recollection and weight, but the strength of the heart…that is seen when all hope seems to blow away and you choose to still be.”  Stephanie Schneider

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.” 
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.” 
― Christian D. Larson

“I didn’t truly become strong until I felt there was no reason to live anymore, but chose to still breathe.”  Stephanie Schneider

“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.” ― Coco Chanel

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.” ― Judith Viorst

“I guess it’s good, not knowing the future and what our lives will bring.  If we did I would think we would never choose those hard roads; you know, those roads that make us angry and cry and go half insane.  We would probably remain rather shallow and pathetic.  For working through pain brings depth, and climbing obstacles makes us strong…so, it’s really for the sake of our own preservation that we not see ahead of today…for I think we would grow so bored of our safe, non-challenging existences…life just wouldn’t fun anymore.”  Stephanie Schneider

“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Now very much against her will, she thought of the way Jace had looked at her then, the blaze of faith in his eyes, his belief in her. He had always thought she was strong. He had showed it in everything he did, in every look and every touch. Simon had faith in her too, yet when he'd held her, it had been as if she were something fragile, something made of delicate glass. But Jace had held her with all the strength he had, never wondering if she could take it--he'd known she was as strong has he was.” 
― Cassandra Clare

“If you meet a woman of whatever complexion who sails her life with strength and grace and assurance, talk to her! And what you will find is that there has been a suffering, that at some time she has left herself for hanging dead.” ― Sena Jeter Naslund

“I never knew that strength was built so much on pain and sorrow, mortared so thick with tears and built so high with brokenness.  I just thought those women were just born strong, or born weak.  Funny now, how this realization has changed me.  Now I no longer look at pain as an assaulter on my wellbeing, but as a necessary ingredient for a powerful life, bringing the quickest road to being transformed into all of that strength of self and character I always knew I wanted to be.”  Stephanie Schneider

“You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist. And there are many of us out there, more than you think. People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope, and without fear.  I love you. Remember. They cannot take it.” ― Lauren Oliver

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