27 Strong Quotes, Page 2

Strength is not always something we notice in ourselves. Sometimes it appears when we face a difficult day, offer a kind word to someone who is struggling, or find the courage to try again after disappointment.

These strong quotes are a continuation of our collection of encouraging words about courage, faith, friendship, and perseverance. May they remind you that strength grows through the choices you make each day. You may also enjoy our Poems About Strength for more inspiration.

Updated October 10, 2026, by Catherine Pulsifer.

Courage to Face Challenges

Being strong often begins with the decision to face what seems difficult.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. It is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Seneca

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Henry Ward Beecher

The strength to carry on does not find its source externally given; its strength lies within the heart of one with more vision of the future than of that which has already passed.
Byron R. Pulsifer

With time it gets torn and has to be patched up, that is a life of a man. We go through different challenges in life; they should make you and not break you. They ought to make you strong
Grant Ngobean, In Life

How you cope with challenges can strengthen or weaken you.
Catherine Pulsifer

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Oprah Winfrey

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.
Nora Roberts

Strength Through Faith and Prayer

Prayer and faith can bring comfort and determination when the way ahead is uncertain.

Choose what may come, but give me strength today.
Myra Goodwin Planz, Just For Today

I ask, O God....not greater strength, but how to use the power that I possess
Florence Holbrook, A Prayer

The obstacles were many, the challenges severe, but faith brought strong persistence and helped destroy the fear.
Greta Zwaan, Lessons for Moses

With might from God, the Lord, be strong and in His strength prevail
John Imrie, The Christians Armour

These are the gifts I ask ...strength for the daily task, courage to face the road, good cheer to help me bear the traveller's load,
Henry Van Dyke, These Are The Gifts

In my weakness I am strong, for it is not I; what I have I do not own, even should I try.
Greta Zwaan

God to you may give the sight - and the clear, undoubting strength
Thomas MacDonagh, Wishes For My Son

Faith is the brave endeavor, the splendid enterprise, the strength to serve, whatever conditions may arise.
S.E. Kiser, Faith

Friendship, Kindness, and Inner Strength

Our words, relationships, and daily choices can show a quieter kind of strength.

What? some one else was in the wrong, and his the debt? Well, never mind; show you are strong, and can forget.
Unknown, Before The Sun Goes Down

Friendship is a silken cord beautiful and strong, Guarding, by each kindly word, loving hearts from wrong.
John Imrie, Emblems Of Friendship

Fame is not born alone of strength or skill; it sometimes comes from deafness and from blindness - to petty words and faults, and loving still.
Edgar A. Guest, Greatness

Be strong, be true and assuredly be able to see beyond the immediate selfishness of life to put on our friend's shoes and walk with them in earnest glee.
Byron Pulsifer

To be a friend a man should strive to be "like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land," to be a source of refuge and strength to those who walk in the darkness.
Wilferd Peterson

In any emergency in life there is nothing so strong and safe as the simple truth.
Dickens

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy Graham

Staying Positive and Moving Forward

A hopeful attitude can help us handle worry and keep moving forward.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.
Maxwell Maltz

So, whatever it is you are wanting to be, Remember, to fashion the choice you are free. Kindly or selfish, or gentle or strong, Keeping the right way or taking the wrong...
Edgar A. Guest, Decide

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

Surround yourself with positivity, in what you do each day and soon you see the strength you have, to keep negativity away.
Julie Hebert, Don't Let People

Habit is like a parasite; it saps the strength away from those who have become its slave, and serve it day by day.
James Henry Thomas, Habit

Conclusion

Being strong does not mean that life will always be easy or that we will never feel afraid. It means finding the determination to keep going, asking for help when we need it, and remembering that even small steps can lead to progress.

As you go through your day, remember that patience, kindness, and faith are also signs of strength. May these quotes encourage you to meet your challenges with hope and to recognize the strength you already have.

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