Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Strength is a matter of a made up mind.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.

Our strength lies, not alone in our proving grounds and our stockpiles, but in our ideals, our goals, and their universal appeal to all men who are struggling to breathe free.

Never, never, never give up.

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.

What does not kill me makes me stronger.

He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all-powerful.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.

Concentration is the secret of strength.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.

In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost; contracted all, retiring to the breast; but strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.

And each man stand with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can.

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

There is a spiritual strength derived from the subjecting of the physical appetite to the will of the individual. "He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than king." If there were no other virtues in fasting but gaining strength of character, that alone would be sufficient justification for its universal acceptance.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

Strength is the ability to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of those pieces.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.