Inspirational Strength Quotes

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

George Bernard Shaw

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

James Dean

Life, Change, Positive

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.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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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Mark Twain

Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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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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Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Louis Pasteur

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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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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Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

Maya Angelou

Inspirational, Strength, Moving On

Maya Angelou (2014). “Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou”, p.58, Random House

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

Christopher Reeve

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

"Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Inspirational, Motivational, Moving On

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1896). “Oldtown folks. Sam Lawson's Oldtown fireside stories”

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Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Bruce Lee

Inspirational, Life, Strength

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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela

Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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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

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

Audre Lorde

Inspirational, Strength, Success

"The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.

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The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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If you're going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.

Louise Erdrich

Love, Life, Strength

"Louise Erdrich and 'The Painted Drum'". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Liane Hansen, www.npr.org. October 02, 2005.

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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Laozi

Inspirational, Strength, 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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If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Bruce Lee

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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