26 Great Words of Strength

Strength is needed during many points of our lives. Whether we are faced with a negative event, fear of something that will be occurring, or strength needed to move forward; the following compilation of quotes and words of strength will help you to get encouraged and inspired to make the next step. 

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.

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

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, “Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.

Instead of giving myself reasons why I can’t, I give myself reasons why I can.

Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

Our real strength lies in our capacity for empathy with others and the action we take on their behalf.

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The brave may not live forever, but the cautious don’t live at all.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Truly strong people are not arrogant. Cowardice on the other hand causes arrogance. Cowards hide behind their own power and authority.

What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

You were given this life, because you are strong enough to live it.

Confidence and courage fall equal to each other when combined with the proper knowledge and thinking patterns. Confidence is increased through taking action. This is where courage is needed. The below infographic provides a look at how to grow your confidence and courage, helping to strengthen your own self image in the end.