Strength Of Character Quotes

Never put a single thought of weakness in the flourishing minds of the children. Fill them up with vigour and compassion, for their character will define the future of the entire human species.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams they may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality.

~ Aberjhani

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

~ Maya Angelou

...My deepest personal reason for staying in Paris is that whatever I have as a character, good or bad, is based on the fact that since the age of four I have never run away from anything however painful or dangerous when I thought it was my duty to take a stand -- the American Ambassador to France upon being asked to evacuate Paris by the State Department on the eve of Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940

~ William C. Bullitt

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.

~ Germany Kent

The way of the world isn't the strong devouring the weak, but the weak deceiving and poisoning and whispering in the ears of the strong until they become weak, too.

~ N.k. Jemisin

I knew what I stood for, even if nobody else did. I knew the piece of me on the inside, truer than all the rest, that never comes out. Doesn't everyone have one? Some kind of grand inner princess waiting to toss her hair down, forever waiting at the tower window. Some jungle animal so noble and fierce you had to crawl on your belly through dangerous grasses to get a glimpse.

~ Michelle Tea

Yes, it hurts to fall— ache, tenderness—but each scar is a sign your system is working.

~ Kelli Russell Agodon

Strength is not defined by the load you bear, it’s defined by the amount you can bend before breaking.

~ Blake Mays

The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before you were knocked down. I’m choosing to stand up taller. I’ll probably get knocked down a few more times before this life is through with me, but I can guarantee you I’ll never stay on the ground.

~ Colleen Hoover

Man is weak. Purpose makes him strong.

~ Raheel Farooq

Much of your strength as a woman can come from the resolve to replenish and fill your own well and essence first, before taking care of others.

~ Miranda J. Barrett

It takes strong, sound leadership, that correspondingly rare commodity, which is afflicted with neither an excess of pity nor callousness, to stand against the insipid tide of superficiality that is sweeping the world.

~ Tim Macartney-Snape

Fire can destroy or purify, strengthen or weaken, all depending on the nature of the material being burned. Pain has the same effects on the human soul, and for the same reasons.

~ Lance Conrad

Every day, strive to refine your contagious shine, and shake the nonsense offered by those who lack the will to polish-up from within.

~ T.f. Hodge

It is one thing to be brave in front of others, perhaps for fear of being branded a coward and becoming diminished in their eyes, but another entirely to be brave when there is nobody to witness your courage. The latter is an elemental bravery, a strength of spirit and character.

~ John Connolly

William is the most skilled protector that I have ever seen. He is the best. Determination began to swell inside of me. Then I will have to be better. Margo Westly

~ Meredith T. Taylor

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball...

~ Blanche Wiesen Cook

One thing I’ve learnt about humans: you can’t judge their strength by the size of their actions, but by the devotion of an act, no matter how small.

~ Dianna Hardy

Elena glanced up at him, taking in his words. “If you get rid of your fear? You know, I never look at you as someone who’s afraid.”“That’s because every time you look at me, I’m looking right back, and the only time I’m not afraid, is when I see you. And I do see you, Elena. I see everything you’ve been through, from so young – how you struggled through it; how you never let it destroy your hope and faith – and I’m afraid of nothing.(Karl and Elena)

~ Dianna Hardy

Do all the works you can while you still have the strength to work.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Solace of Silencesurreal synapsesof a melancholy dronea dream per chanceshe dared not be alone...

~ Muse

My duty is to pray. I know God hears my prayers.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

She never indulged in self-pity, nor did she point the finger of blame for her misfortunes. Her heart was clear of bitterness. I believe that if a person’s strength of character is measured at the end of his or her life, it is by these qualities—qualities that allow a life to be lived, free of those restraints we place upon ourselves.

~ Gemma Liviero

Endurance precedes success.

~ Wayne Chirisa

Your willpower to achieve the goal ought to stronger than any obstacle.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Those who dare take risks shall fulfill their passions.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The common mistake that bullies make is assuming that because someone is nice that he or she is weak. Those traits have nothing to do with each other. In fact, it takes considerable strength and character to be a good person.

~ Maryelizabeth Williams

There is no limit to what you can do,when you focus on your strength.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

As a young gay African, I have been conditioned from an early age to consider my sexuality a dangerous deviation from my true heritage as a Somali by close kin and friends. As a young gay African coming of age in London, there was another whiplash of cultural confusion that one had to recover from again and again: that accepting your sexual identity doesn’t necessarily mean that the wider LGBT community, with its own preconceived notions of what constitutes a valid queer identity, will embrace you any more welcomingly than your own prejudiced kinsfolk do.

~ Diriye Osman

It is only when we see the worst that Man can offer, that we begin to see the best that Man still holds. If they are blinded by greed, then it’s time to pick up our virtual stones so we can start knocking sense into ‘em...

~ Faith Brashear

Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart.

~ Wayne Gerard Trotman

I once made a solemn vow that I could not keep... I am from this world. Even with all its failures and suffering it is still worthy of my best efforts... and wishing it was otherwise does not make it so. Eiij'lam told the king.

~ K. Farrell St. Germain

Anger suffocates your mind, body and soul. The ability to love amidst anger is a true blessing and it transcends our existence!

~ Monica Chrisandtras Hines

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

~ Marcus Aurelius

The older you get the more you realize that just because someone has an important job doesn't necessarily mean that they do it responsibly, or are even good at it. There are many 'D' students running around with high social status gained from their seemingly important positions. Integrity and proficiency are not a given. These qualities can only be proven over time.

~ Gary Hopkins

Human making is our mission.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Had I not gone through my past struggles, I wouldn't be as strong as I am at present.

~ Gift Gugu Mona

...The happy Warrior... is he... who, doomed to go in company with pain, and fear, and bloodshed, miserable train turns his necessity to glorious gain; in face of these doth exercise a power which is our human nature's highest dower: controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves of their bad influence, and their good receives: by objects, which might force the soul to abate her feeling, rendered more compassionate; is placable— because occasions rise so often that demand such sacrifice; more skillful in self-knowledge, even more pure, as tempted more; more able to endure, as more exposed to suffering and distress; thence, also, more alive to tenderness.

~ William Wordsworth

Having problems doesn't make you noble or virtuous, it makes you human. Nobility and virtue comes from the way that you handle your problems and either learn to move past them or live with them if out of your control.

~ Oli Anderson