Inspirational Quotes

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

~ Jean-Paul Sartre

The toughness I was learning was not a martyred doggedness, a dumb heroism, but the art of accommodation. I thought: to be tough is to be fragile; to be tender is to be truly fierce.

~ Gretel Ehrlich

You're not completely alone, you have me! Even if the entire world turns its back on you, you'll still be the strongest as long as you have me!

~ Kyo Shirodaira

The revolution has no leader, I said. It was more like a raging wild horse that would buck anyone who tried to mount it against its will.

~ Wael Ghonim

(The presence of evil) in his life provokes him into either overcoming it or yielding to it. If the first, it has led him to work for his own improvement; if the second it has led him to acknowledge his own weakness. Sooner or later, the unpleasant consequences of such weakness will lead him to grapple with it, and develop his power of will...Immediately and directly, it may either strengthen him or weaken him. Ultimately, it can only strengthen him.

~ Paul Brunton

You had the physical bullies and the emotional bullies and they both revelled in destroying lives.No, she had no time for them. But there were others whose strength was of a much rarer kind. Not easy to find, because they revealed nothing. They were quiet. They often believed themselves to be much weaker than they were. But when pushed too hard, they surprised themselves, finding they would not back away another step, that a wall had risen in their souls, unyielding, a barrier that could not be passed. To find one such as this was the most precious of discoveries.

~ Steven Erikson

Keep moving through valleys to find your sight,As the dark becomes the light,Keep moving up mountains to find your strength,As you climb the hardest length.

~ Laura Roberts

With grace, we find the strength to reach the goal.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I encourage you to remember that you are, indeed, as the stars. You glow with the same intensity. The answers that you seek outside of yourself may very well be found within the cosmic intelligence inside you. Go ahead; show the world what you are made of! Sparkle, shine, light the way, and brightly blaze as you are meant to do.

~ Mishi Mccoy

Not all men are handsome and strong. There are some who are cowards from birth. There are some who are weak by nature. There are even some who cry easily. But for such a man, a man both weak and cowardly, to bear the burden of his weakness and struggle valiantly to live a beautiful life-- that's what I call great. The reason I'm so fond of Gaston is not because he has a strong will or a good head. Rather it's because, weakling and coward that he is, he keeps on fighting in his own way.

~ Shūsaku Endō

It is always harder to climb the mountain. One must find strength of hope within the depths of heart to move onward.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

No matter what, if you have the strength of life, it is enough to be thankful.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We cannot run away from our problems. We have to pray for strength to conquer

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.

~ Veronica Roth

... there is nothing stronger than a woman who has beaten her way back from being beaten down in the first place.

~ Barbara Lieberman

Believe it or not, I'm stronger than any belief, stereotype, profile, or idea you have of me. I'm driven and self-made with a perception unique to my own. You'll hate that and say I'm not special. I'll allow you to believe it because deep down, you already know I am. My name's Charles Lee. Bound for greatness. Destined to soar.

~ Charles Lee

I love connecting with people who have been through the fire and come out stronger and wiser. Using their experiences to inspire and empower others. Those are my people.

~ Steve Maraboli

You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been.

~ Maria Dahvana Headley

You are strong enough to sing as you wish, not as your pain has forced you to. You aren't your hurt. You're other than that. You are not the broken things you've been.

~ Maria Dahvana Headley

Audiences will admire your character’s strength but connect with them through their weakness.

~ Don Roff

With the strength of God, we shall triumph in any situation.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My suffering helps me to find grace of strength.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

All that I can truly have: life, strength and time!

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Whoever suffers knows the strength of suffering.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The singular difference between success and true success is those who achieved true success did not pursue success, they were driven by it. They were those who followed their strengths, they were those who spent each heartbeat to proffer solutions to humanity’s problems, they were those who lived a highly simple and effective life.

~ Sesan Kareem

Every chance worth taking will make you a little scared. That means you're taking a risk. And where there is risk, there is reward.

~ Elise Kova

More is less, less is more

~ J Ali

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes a rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way

~ Anonymous

People try to use your past against you not realizing you were using it to propel you.

~ Kierra C.t. Banks

Please hear me, you are not alone on this planet hurtling through space, solitude is an illusion, come let me help you, rise up, walk forward, walk tall, walk straight, let nothing stop you.

~ Danny Scheinmann

When two persons are together, two of them must not whisper to each other, without letting the third hear; because it would hurt him

~ Anonymous

Some folks got a light around them that shine for other peoples. I think that maybe some of them was in tunnels, and in that tunnel, maybe the only light they had was inside of them. And then, even long after they escaped that tunnel... They still be shining for everybody else.

~ Sapphire

We all eventually find that life is a series of adjustments, but anything can be overcome when there is love around you. Once can be strong on their own, but there is greater strength in knowing when to rely on others.

~ Starla Huchton

I believe i am hard as a stone, but even a stone breaks if you smash it real hard.....

~ Andy Flynn

If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever you like

~ Anonymous

It is difficult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep path, that leads to bliss

~ Anonymous

The next time the world tells you “Stop”, “Don’t”, or “You can’t do this”, the next time the world beats the living daylight out of you, hit it back with a knock just as strong and say, “No, I want to do this.

~ Joud Tabaza

We are taught that the hero’s journey is the journey from weakness to strength. But I am here today to tell you that those stories are wrong. The real hero’s journey is the journey from strength to weakness.

~ John Green

You can try to dirty my name, but I'll wear your hate like war paint.

~ Madalyn Beck

Anyone who crawls up from the gutter and makes something of themselves, despite the odds and despite others who tried to keep them down, must always be very proud of their achievements. They must never forget the struggles they went through, because they are a living example to those who wander in darkness, a staunch reminder that light is within reach if they can find the strength and determination to keep going.

~ Sarah Brownlee