Strength Quotes Quotes

A bird must rely on its own wings if it is to conquer the sky.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A bird does not fly because of the wind around it, but because of the strength within it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Gravity is no match against one who is determined to reach the stars.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Thorns do not keep a rose from blooming, neither should obstacles keep you from success.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A flower can only grow through concrete if it believes in itself, not its obstacles.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Stumbling up a hill strengthens you more than sprinting down a mountain.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Breaking through the glass ceiling is only possible if you are stronger than glass.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You cannot walk in a great man's shoes without getting sores on your feet.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One does not become strong lifting feathers.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In our deepest valleys we are strengthened to climb our highest mountains.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The best way to overcome your weaknesses is to turn them into strengths.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Overcoming what frightens you the most strengthens you the most.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A divided mind cannot conquer a united soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Do it double, because some can't do it at all.

~ Clara Kensie

Something contracts in my chest. The air shifts, grows heavy and dense as mud. Alexa twists her hair around her finger and whispers, Didn't you even try to escape, Charlotte?

~ Clara Kensie

I say to my sister, I thought you were doing the things in our Dream Book. I was sure of it. Why would I do that stuff without you? Because you could.Well, you were wrong.

~ Clara Kensie

Each second of my four years, two months, and seven days in the attic dragged on forever, and nothing ever changed. But outside the attic, everything changed, and so violently fast. Destruction and devastation for all of us, whether we were in the attic or out.

~ Clara Kensie

The only thing that gave me comfort in the attic was thinking about my family. Now I'm home, but it's not the home I imagined. Not the family I imagined. I'd convinced myself that they'd continued on with their happy, carefree lives without me, that they were doing it double, because I couldn't do it at all. I was wrong.

~ Clara Kensie

My sister has never not told me something before. We used to share every secret, every thought. While I was in the attic, it felt like we were forever far away. Now I'm with her again. We're so close that we're touching, but there's still a distance between us.

~ Clara Kensie

Alexa's face whitens. The coil of hair loosens itself from her finger. You did it for me. You never fought back. Because you thought you were keeping me safe.I pull up my gaze to meet hers. Yeah.I-- It's a strangled, high-pitched sound, laced with shock and grief. Then she bites her lips shut. Her chin trembles, just once, before she turns away.

~ Clara Kensie

My Keeper took everything from me: my home, my family, my voice. He made me powerless. But I'm home now. It may be split in two, but I have it back. My family may be broken, but I have it back. I have my voice back. I am not powerless anymore.

~ Clara Kensie

I thought having a chronic illness would make my life detour in ways I didn't want to accept, but I've learnt that have a chronic illness made the only detours that are worth the growth.

~ Nikki Rowe

Hang on! God will be thy strength in any act of your pursuit.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The soul of a man is strong enough to withstand any adversity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

A tree's beauty lies in its branches, but its strength lies in its roots.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In knowledge there is strength, in understanding there is might, and in wisdom there is power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is strength, understanding is mastery, and wisdom is power.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowing your strengths is intelligence, knowing your weakness is wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

One does not become a great swimmer by swimming in shallow waters.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A vessel's beauty does not determine how much water it carries.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You can crush a rose, all it will do is give off perfume.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Smiling through confusion is courage.Smiling through tears is strength.Smiling through pain is power.Smiling through tragedy is greatness.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A strong ant is better than a weak lion.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.

~ Jonathan Harnisch

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

Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't.

~ Rikki Rogers