INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
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“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.”

LAO TZU
PHILOSOPHER
LOVE

“Silence is a source of great strength.”

LAO TZU
PHILOSOPHER
SOUL

“There is a comfort in the strength of love; ‘Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
POET
LOVE

“Nothing that has ever been thought and said with a clear mind and pure ethical strength is totally in vain; even if it comes from a weak hand and is imperfectly formed, it inspires the ethical spirit to constantly renewed creation.”

STEFAN ZWEIG
WRITER
VISION

“Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.”

SOPHOCLES
GREEK TRAGEDIAN
LEARNING

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. ”

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
PREACHER, AUTHOR
RISING ABOVE

“I count life just a stuff, to try the soul's strength on.”

ROBERT BROWNING
POET, PLAYWRIGHT
LIVE LIFE

“Joy is prayer - Joy is strength - Joy is love - Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy.”

MOTHER TERESA
FOUNDER OF THE MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY
LOVE

“The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.”

MAX LERNER
JOURNALIST
LEARNING

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ”

THOMAS PAINE
SCHOLAR, INTELLECTUAL, WRITER
PERSEVERANCE

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

LOUIS PASTEUR
INVENTED PASTEURIZATION
HARD WORK

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

PLATO
CLASSICAL GREEK PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN
GENEROSITY

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”

SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES
ROMAN CATHOLIC SAINT
LEADERSHIP

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”

THOMAS PAINE
SCHOLAR, INTELLECTUAL, WRITER
RIGHT CHOICES

“Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.”

JOHN J. MCCLOY
LAWYER, BANKER
VISION

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.”

THOMAS PAINE
SCHOLAR, INTELLECTUAL, WRITER
TEAMWORK

“I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.”

SASHA AZEVEDO
ENTERTAINER
LOYALTY

“There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.”

PAT RILEY
FORMER NBA PLAYER AND COACH
FORGIVENESS

“Draw strength from the knowledge that education will break the backs of poverty, disenfranchisement, and violence; that war is never inevitable but only a terrible failure of the imagination; and that love is stronger than hatred. ”

WALLY LAMB
AUTHOR
HOPE

“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. ”

DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
POET, ESSAYIST, LEXICOGRAPHER
PERSEVERANCE

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ”

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
U.S. FIRST LADY, DIPLOMAT, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
OVERCOMING

“I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress, and elevates empathy.”

LISA KOGAN
AMERICAN WRITER
LOVE

“We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree—deeply rooted to withstand all life’s upheavals.”

DODINSKY
AUTHOR
STRENGTH

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear, but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”

PAULO COELHO
POET, WRITER
OVERCOMING
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