25 Poems About Strength

Be encouraged and inspired by these poems about strength - may they make you stronger. Where do we draw our strength from?

Our determination and fortitude can give us the strength we need to accomplish goals and not give up. Being able to persevere and overcome challenges moves us in the direction we need to go.

And then there are times in our lives when we need strength just to make it through the day. Life challenges can overwhelm us. We need higher strength and we turn to God to give us the energy that we need.

We hope these short poems give you words to encourage you and draw strength from.


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  1. Strength
    Poet: Mrs. M. A. Kidder


    Strength for to-day is all that we need,
    As there will never be a to-morrow;
    For to-morrow will prove but another to-day,
    With its measure of joy and sorrow.

    Then why forecast the trials of life
    With much sad and grave persistence.
    And wait and watch for a crowd of ills
    That as yet have no existence?

    Strength for to- day; what a precious boon
    For earnest souls who labor —
    For the willing hands that minister
    To the needy friend and neighbour.

    Strength for to-day, that the weary hearts
    In the battle for right may quail not,
    And the eyes bedimmed by bitter tears
    In their search for life may quail not

    Strength for to-day, on the down-hill track,
    For the travelers near the valley,
    That up, far up, the other side
    Ere long they may safely rally.

    Strength for to-day-that our precious youth
    May happily shun temptation,
    And build, from the rise to the set of the sun,
    On a strong and sure foundation.

    Strength for to-day, in house and home
    To practise forbearance sweetly;
    To scatter kind words and loving deeds,
    Still trusting in God completely.

    Strength for to-day is all that we need,
    As there never will be a to-morrow;
    For to-morrow will prove but another to-day.
    With its measure of joy and sorrow.



  2. With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt
    A New Day Poem


  3. It Takes Strength  & Courage
    Poet: Unknown


    It takes strength to be firm,
    It takes courage to be gentle.

    It takes strength to conquer,
    It takes courage to surrender.

    It takes strength to be certain,
    It takes courage to have doubt.

    It takes strength to fit in,
    It takes courage to stand out.

    It takes strength to feel a friend's pain,
    It takes courage to feel your own pain.

    It takes strength to endure abuse,
    It takes courage to stop it.

    It takes strength to stand alone,
    It takes courage to lean on another.

    It takes strength to love,
    It takes courage to be loved.

    It takes strength to survive,
    It takes courage to live



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    Courage Poems


  5. A Little Prayer
    Poet: Unknown


    If any little word of mine
    May make a life the brighter;
    If any little song of mine
    May make a heart the lighter,
    God help me speak the little word.
    And take my bit of singing,
    And drop it in some lonely vale
    To set the echoes ringing.

    If any little love of mine
    May make a life the sweeter;
    If any little care of mine
    May make a friend's the fleeter;
    If any little lift may ease
    The burden of another,
    God give me love, and care and strength
    To help my toiling brother.



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    Poems About Helping Others


  7. Strength Comes From
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer


    Strength comes from loving
    not from hatred.

    Strength comes from forgiveness
    not from revenge.

    Strength comes from sharing
    not from greed.

    Strength comes from thinking of others
    not from thinking of self.

    Strength comes from patience
    not from intolerance.

    Strength comes from hope
    not from doubt.

    Strength comes from taking action
    not from giving up.

    Strength comes from being optimistic
    not from negative thoughts.

    Most importantly, strength comes from God
    not from culture.



  8. Christian Poems
    Christian Poems


  9. Grant Me
    Poet: Edgar A. Guest


    Grant me, 0 Lord, the strength today
    For every task which comes my way.
    Cover my eyes and make me blind
    To petty faults I should not find.

    Open my eyes and let me see
    The friend my neighbor tries to be.
    Teach me; when duty seems severe,
    To see my purpose shining clear.

    Let me at noon time rest content
    The half-day bravely lived and spent.
    And when the night slips down, let me
    Unstained and undishonored be.

    Grant me to live this one day through
    Up to the best that I can do.



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    Prayer For Strength


  11. Be Strong
    Poet: Maltbie D. Babcock


    Be Strong!
    We are not here to play, to dream, to drift.
    We have hard work to do, and loads to lift.
    Shun not the struggle; face it. 'Tis God's gift.

    Be Strong!
    Say not the days are evil - Who's to blame?
    And fold the hands and acquiesce - O shame!
    Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name.

    Be Strong!
    It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong,
    How hard the battle goes, the day how long,
    Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song!



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    Success Poem


  13. Embrace Resilience
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer


    Though life can be hard and seem unfair,
    Belief in yourself is always there

    Pushing onwards and never giving in,
    Rise up against any wave or wind.

    Take each challenge that comes your way.
    Focus on the future so bright and gay.  

    Embrace resilience deep inside of you,
    It will give you strength to keep going through!



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    Poems About Resilience


  15. Battle Every Day
    Poet: Unknown


    If a trouble binds you, break it;
    Life is often what we make it,
    Good or ill - and so we take it;
    Let not disappointment fret you,
    If a seeming ill beset you,
    Cast it off, and hopeful get you
    On your way -
    As you make it, so you take it,
    In the battle every day.

    If your genius slumber, wake it;
    For our life is what we make it;
    As we shape it, so we take it;
    If we hunt for care or sorrow,
    We shall only always borrow
    Trouble from a better morrow
    Every day -
    As we make it, so we take it -
    So the life will run away.

    If the heart is thirsty, slake it;
    If a blessing offers, take it;
    For our life is what we make it;
    Joy abounds in happy faces;
    Pleasure lives in rosy places;
    Let us court the goodly graces
    By the way;
    And we'll take it as we make it
    In the battle every day.

    Dig the garden, smooth it, rake it;
    For the math is what you make it;
    As you work it. so you take it;
    Sit not idly hoping, dreaming -
    Wrapt in fancy's futile teeming;
    Victory does not come by scheming -
    Strike and stay!
    As you make it, so you take it,
    If you faint not by the way.



  16. Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Napoleon Hill
    Strong Quotes


  17. Aspiration And Energy
    by J. R. Miller


    Each one's battle must be a personal one.
    We may decline the struggle,
    But it will be declining also the joy of victory.

    No one can reach the summit without climbing
    The steep mountain-path.
    We cannot be borne up on any strong shoulder.
    No one, not even God, can carry us up.

    Heaven does not put features of beauty into our lives
    As the jeweller sets gems in clusters in a coronet.
    The unlovely elements are not removed and replaced
    By lovely ones like slides in the stereopticon.

    Each must win his way through struggles
    And efforts to all noble attainments.
    The help of God is given only in co-operation with
    Human aspiration and energy.



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    Poems About Effort


  19. Look Forward
    by C. G. Ames


    We must "look forward and not backward;"
    We must learn the grace of self-forgiveness.

    If we sit and brood over our weaknesses,
    Over the waywardness and the wanderings of
    Heart and life that have made our path so crooked

    If we dwell on our mistakes, follies, and sins
    All strength will go out of us,

    And we shall sink in a
    Bottomless abyss of despair.



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  21. Whatever Happens
    by M. Aurelius


    Whatever happens,
    either you have strength to bear it,
    or you have not.

    If you have, exert your nature,
    And never murmur at the matter.

    But if the weight is too heavy for you,
    Do not complain; it will crush you,
    And then destroy itself.

    And here you are to remember
    That to think a thing tolerable
    And endurable is the way to make it so.



  22. Three Words Of Strength
    Poet: Friedrich Schiller


    There are three lessons I would write —
    Three words as with a burning pen,
    In tracings of eternal light
    Upon the hearts of men.

    Have Hope. Though clouds environ round
    And gladness hides her face in scorn,
    Put off the shadow from thy brow —
    No night but hath its morn.

    Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven —
    The claims disport, the tempest's mirth —
    Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,
    The inhabitants of earth.

    Have Love. Not love alone for one;
    But man, as man, thy brother call;
    And scatter, like the circling sun,
    Thy charities on all.

    Thus grave these lessons on thy soul —
    Hope, Faith and Love, and thou shalt find
    Strength, when life's surges rudest roll.
    Light, when thou else were blind.



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    Poems On Life Lessons


  24. Freindship Is A Bond
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer


    Friendship is a bond that we all seek,
    A sanctuary where strength finds its peak.
    In times of sorrow or moments of glee,
    Friends' support sets our spirits free.

    Through thick and thin, we stand side by side,
    Navigating life's turbulent ride.
    Strength in friendship is a comforting balm,
    A shelter from life's unforgiving storm.

    With empathy and love, we braid our ties,
    Creating a network that never dies.
    Friendship's strength knows no bounds,
    In trials and triumphs, it resounds.



  25. I Pray For Strength
    Poet: William C. Richards


    I pray for strength, O God!
    To bear all loads that on my shoulders press
    Of Thy directing or Thy chastening rod,
    Lest from their growing stress
    My spirit sinks in utter helplessness.

    I pray for strength to run
    In duty's narrowest paths, nor turn aside
    In broader ways that glow in Pleasure’s sun,
    Lest I grow satisfied, —
    Where Thou, from me, Thy smiling face must hide.

    I pray for strength to wait,
    Submissive, when I cannot see my way;
    Or, if my feet would haste, some close-barred gate
    Bids my hot zeal delay,
    Or, to some by-path, turns their steps astray.

    I pray for strength to live
    To all Life’s noble ends, prompt, just and true,
    Myself, my service, unto all to give,
    And giving, yet renew
    My store for bounty, all life’s journey through.

    I pray, O God, for strength,
    When, as Life’s love and labors find surcease,
    Cares, crosses, burdens, to lay down at length,
    And so, with joy’s increase,
    To die, if not in triumph, — in Thy peace.



  26. A Fearless Heart
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer


    Success often requires a fearless heart,
    A strength that sets us apart.
    Courage to chase dreams, never to yield,
    To embrace challenges and never shield.

    In the face of failure, we rise again,
    Stronger, wiser, ready to disdain.
    The road to success can be steep and rough,
    But strength paves the way, making it tough.

    With perseverance, we leap over walls,
    Embracing setbacks as life's clarion calls.
    For success is not a solitary feat,
    It's a collective effort, where strengths meet.



  27. Strength
    Poet: W. T. Field


    Be strong today; the world needs men
    Of nerve and muscle, heart and brain,
    To war for truth and conquer wrong.
    The fight is on; the foes combine;
    The order passes down the line,
    "Quit you like men; be strong."

    Be strong; the world hath also need
    Of feet to ache and hearts to bleed;
    Burdens there are to bear along;
    But, though the end, we may not see,
    'Tis not the meanest destiny
    To bear and to be strong.

    Be strong, but not in self. Go whence
    The breathings of Omnipotence
    Shall sweep the nerve-strings full and long,
    And from their impulse shall arise
    Those deep, celestial harmonies
    That comfort and make strong.

    And patience, too, must come to rest
    Within the striving, throbbing breast
    That thinks tomorrow all too long,
    Thus filling out in breadth and length
    The perfect character - for strength
    Unbridled is not strong.

    Yes, right must win, since God is just;
    Our hardest lesson is to trust,
    But his great plan still moves along
    Today is but the chrysalis
    That holds tomorrow; feeling this,
    Be patient and be strong.

    Each hath his mission. If it be
    My lot to toil, but not to see
    The fruits which to my toil belong,
    I know One whose all-seeing eye
    My humblest task shall glorify,
    And he shall make me strong.



  28. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
    Little Things Poems


  29. Little Things
    Poet: Ellen P. Allerton


    We call him strong who stands unmoved -
    Calm as some tempest-beaten rock -
    When some great trouble hurls its shock;
    We say of him, "His strength is proved":
    But when the spent storm folds its wings,
    How bears he then life's little things?

    We call him great that does some deed
    That echo bears from shore to shore -
    Does that, and then does nothing more;
    Yet would his work earn richer meed,
    When brought before the King of kings,
    Were he but great in little things.

    We closely guard our castle gates
    When great temptations loudly knock;
    Draw every bolt, clinch every lock,
    And sternly fold our bars and gates;
    Yet some small door wide open swings
    At the sly touch of little things.

    But what is life? Drops make the sea;
    And petty cares and small events
    Small causes and small consequents,
    Make up the sum for you and me;
    Then, oh, for strength to meet the stings,
    That arm the points of little things!



  30. Strength in Careers
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer


    In the realm of careers, strength is a vital force,
    Navigating challenges, staying on course.
    A journey of growth, where dreams take flight,
    With tenacity as our guiding light.

    In pursuit of success, we break through the glass,
    Pushing boundaries, overcoming obstacles en masse.
    Resilience fuels our ambition, providing the drive,
    To excel in our fields, where we thrive.

    With determination as our ally,
    We conquer failures, learning from each try.
    Strength propels us forward, against the odds,
    Defying limitations, we move forward with a nod.



  31. The Right to Joy
    Poet: Edgar A. Guest


    I do not ask for roses all the time.
    For blue skies bending o'er me every day,
    I do not ask for easy hills to climb.
    And always for my feet a pleasant way.
    In laughter I would not spend all my life,
    And miss the joy of sweet and sacred pain;
    I want to know life's burden and its strife,
    And feel upon my cheek the splash of rain.

    I merely pray for strength enough to bear
    My burdens, and to tread the rugged way;
    To keep the right, howe'er beset with care,
    To stand, unflinching, face front, to the fray.
    And I would claim life's roses for my own.
    But I would win my right to know their sweet;
    To level paths I'd march my way alone.
    For victory I'd venture with defeat.



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  33. Strength Is
    by Edward Evertt Hale


    Strength is success.
    Strength to be,
    Strength to do,
    Strength to love,
    Strength to live.
    It is not happiness,
    It is not amusement,
    It is not content.
    These will come
    But they are not the object.



  34. Deepen Thy Roots by J. Sharp Force not thy upward growth, but first of all Deepen thy roots, then mayst thou well sustain The rays of sunlight that upon thee fall, And, without withering, all thy strength retain. Plants that have little else but leaf and flower, However bright their hue, live but their little hour.



  35. In Times Of Trials

    In times of trials, believe in your might,
    Though obstacles loom, stand tall and fight,
    With strength within, you'll conquer through,
    No matter the challenges, you will see them through.



  36. Change Takes Strength

    Change takes strength and energy,
    To break old habits, set the spirit free.
    Courage must rise, like a mighty wave,
    Resilience and determination pave the way.



  37. Each Storm We Weather

    Each storm that we weather, makes us grow stronger,
    For in each trial, we find strength to endure,
    Through wind and rain, we learn perseverance,
    And with each challenge faced, our resolve only swells.



  38. Facing Challenges

    In facing challenges, strength is displayed,
    Not just in pressing on, but in a fresh start made.
    Choosing to rise after a fall or setback,
    Reveals true resilience and the grace one can enact.

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We hope you have found encouragement and inspiration in these poems about strength. We all have strengths and we all have weaknesses, use your strengths, and develop your weaknesses. And where we look for strength is also a factor in determining the type of life we have.



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