Strength is defined as having the ability to be physically strong, or showing endurance despite facing tough circumstances. In this life, we all have to be strong in order to mitigate all the challenges and hurdles that life can throw at us. Only the fittest amongst us are the ones who go on to thrive in this world. So, we have to be both mentally strong and display physical strength when adversity comes our way. Training regularly, exercising every week and keeping a check on our diet can help us to develop physical strength, but it will take years of dedication in order to be considered as a physically strong human being.
Developing mental strength is a bit more tricky as that involves training our minds in order to face stress and hardship and show emotional strength when all else may break lose around us. In order to live our dreams, we have to be prepared to overcome all the obstacles and challenges that will prevent us from achieving our dreams, and in that scenario, an individual who has the mental strength and ability can overcome all odds to achieve even the wildest of dreams. That is why we should take inspiration from people around us.
- “Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
- “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me…. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney
- “A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” – Vernon Howard
- “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
- “There are better starters than me but I’m a strong finisher.” – Usain Bolt
- “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.” – Louisa May Alcott
- “Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.” – Demi Lovato
- “Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.” – Joel Osteen
- “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” – William Ellery Channing
- “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran
- “Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
- “Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don’t believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away and project them into the future. Be brave; be strong; take your pills. Exercise because it’s good for you even if every step weighs a thousand pounds. Eat when food itself disgusts you. Reason with yourself when you have lost your reason.” – Andrew Solomon
- “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” – Vincent Van Gogh
- “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
- “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
- “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve
- “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” – Maya Angelou
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb
- “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha
- “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley
- “Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
- “Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.” – Anais Nin
- “Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.” – Henry Rollins
- “We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” – Charles Dickens
- “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
