Short Strength Quotes

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Og Mandino

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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When the going gets tough, the tough reinvent.

RuPaul

Change, Naps, Tough Times

RuPaul (2010). “Workin' It!: RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style”, p.22, Harper Collins

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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Saint Francis de Sales

Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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People do not lack strength; they lack will.

Victor Hugo

Motivational, Success, Being Strong

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Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

Sarah Dessen

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.327, Penguin

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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, Being Strong, Stay Strong

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

Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.116, Lulu.com

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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Change, Strength

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You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

Bob Marley

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

Benjamin Franklin

Strength, Being Strong, Stay Strong

Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

Audrey Hepburn

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change, Strength, Inspiring

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Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Strength, Leadership

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Helen Keller

Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

J. K. Rowling

Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

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When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.

Nora Roberts

Naps, Tough Times, Chocolate

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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.

Erma Bombeck

Naps, Tough Times, Chocolate

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When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

Tom Hodgkinson

Sleep, Naps, Tough Times

"Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.

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When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

Joan Bauer

Reading, Book, Naps

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When the going gets tough, the tough go drinking.

Bret Easton Ellis

Drinking, Naps, Tough Times

FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Jan 01, 2014

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