Inner Strength Quotes

In the midst of calamity, we build our inner strength. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Pursue your dream with great might. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Self-Empowerment is free to anyone who chooses to use it. It comes from within and nowhere else. You cannot buy it, borrow it, steal it or sell it. It is always available to you and never wears out. The only choice you have to make is whether or not you will use it. ~ Gary Hopkins

Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart." Over time, this definition has changed, and today, we typically associate courage with heroic and brave deeds. But in my opinion, this definition fails to recognize the inner strength and level of commitment required for us to actually speak honestly and openly about who we are and about our experiences
good and bad. Speaking from our hearts is what I think of as "ordinary courage. ~ Brene Brown

Brain power + heart power + soul power = great power ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Don't expect perfection and things to go the way you want
them to when it comes to people, business, your prospects,
and your social life. When things don't go according to your desires, when the weather of life is foul, be creative and
consider what may be the higher reasons why this is
happening and why you must adjust. Perhaps it's to gain forbearance, patience, inner strength, flexibility, or the
ability to withhold criticism while serving as a loving model. ~ Michael Goddart

With grace, we find the strength within to reach the goal. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We write to strengthen our soul and the spirit of other souls. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Faith gives us strength.
Grace gives us power.
Hope gives us anchor. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

FEARLESS is a vivid account of one man's journey from all-American boy to all-American hero. Blehm's writing takes you beyond the battlefield and right to the heart of the personal battles, sacrifices, and triumphs of one of America's elite warriors. Anyone looking for an inspiring story of inner strength and courage will be richly rewarded by this book. ~ Eric Greitens

Why yes, I can,' said Midas Mulligan, when he was asked whether he could name a person more evil than the man with a heart closed to pity. 'The man who uses another's pity for him as a weapon. ~ Ayn Rand

A determined soul can never be defeated in life. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope is holding on to the promises of God. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Don't give up on yourself and your dreams. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction ~ Dalai Lama

If you become more concerned for the welfare of others, you will experience a sense of calm, inner-strength, and self confidence. ~ Dalai Lama

To realize your greatest strengths, you must first overcome your greatest weaknesses. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Explore your untamed dreams and you just might find a unique place where a confluence of paths lead towards your destiny. ~ Kathy Goodhew

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. ~ Chinua Achebe

The average man has no central core of moral assurance, no spring within his breast, no inner strength to place him above the need for repeated psychological shots to give him the courage to go on living. He has become a parasite on the world, drawing his life from his environment, unable to live a day apart from the stimulation which society affords him. ~ A.W. Tozer

Do not fear your inner light.
Carry your light to the dark world. ~ Lailah GiftyAkita

If we have faith, then we can see the beauty around us. If we don't then we are just blind followers, not knowing why we are on the path. ~ Fennel Hudson

Life throws challenges but with patience and resilience you can convert every challenge into a new opportunity to grow. ~ Amit Ray

Despite our battered exterior and in spite of the festering scars and rank filth that overlays it, there is underneath it all the pristine likeness of God Himself. And we would be wise to cast an eye not on the marred exterior, but to be fixed on the glorious interior. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

You are a child of God.
You are blessed. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

May you find new strength to accomplish your daily work. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We must seek the inner self, the power within. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Instead of taking the camp's difficulties as a test of their inner strength, they did not take their life seriously and despised it as something of no consequence. They preferred to close their eyes and to live in the past. Life for such people became meaningless. ~ Viktor E. Frankl

It is only God who can fill our void. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If someone tells you, "You can't" they really mean, "I can't." ~ Sean Stephenson

Her courage knew no bounds. Maybe it was God working through her, but she radiated an inner strength he was certain she'd never acknowledged. ~ Pepper Winters

Inside every woman, is a crazy girl. And we all know what I'm talking about. That part of you that is entangled with insecurities, fears, and absolute insanity! The art of femininity lies in the molding, pounding, and defeating of that crazy girl on a daily basis! Look at any woman, and you're looking at a woman fighting a daily battle, wielding her weapons in war, every day! I have said it before and I'll say it again: it is never easy being a woman! And if we could only pound that crazy, insecure girl out of ourselves, it would make such the difference! ~ C. JoyBell C.

We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

As we open our hearts to others, we begin to discover the truth of our own inner beauty, inner strength and inner light. ~ Susan Jeffers

Whether happiness or unhappiness, freedom or slavery, in short whether good or evil results from an improved environment depends largely upon how the change has been brought about, upon the methods by which the physical results have been reached, and in what spirit and for what purpose the fruits of that change are used. Because a higher standard of living, a greater productiveness and a command over nature are not good in and of themselves does not mean that we cannot make good of them, that they cannot be a source of inner strength. ~ David Lilienthal

Self-worth takes you further than net worth. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. ~ Corrie Ten Boom

Being stuck serves a spiritual purpose. It's a bountiful harvest for transformation to occur. It tells us that a change is needed. More than any type of outward change, what's really being asked of us is an inner change. It could be a change of heart, change of priorities, a change of beliefs, or even a change of perspective. ~ Dana Arcuri

Rider thought she looked possessed and fucking beautiful.
Finally, he understood why she'd needed to do this.
Take your power back, baby. His fucking girl. Fuck. Rider might be in awe of her inner strength. She had a gorgeous monster inside of her. ~ V. Theia

Make plans for your new goals. And press towards achieving the goals with all your strength. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

With faith in God, we can walk through the fires unharmed. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Tell me, who have never be knocked down by life's circumstances? ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Hasten Little Maiden
...
stop and listen
for pearls of wisdom
stop and listen
as the river glistens ... ~ Muse

The opportunities far outweigh the disappointments. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Who you want to be is already inside of you waiting for you to confront who you are and tag them in to help you win the battle of the mind. ~ Sanjo Jendayi

What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one's outer capacities. I hope that by doing this I will be able to inspire many people to pray and meditate sincerely as part of their regular daily routine. my message is that if one needs strength, then uncovering one's inner strength through prayer and meditation is the fastest and most effective way to get it. ~ Sri Chinmoy

Cultivating care and concern for others gives rise to a kind of inner strength. No matter what difficulties or problems you face, in this wider context they'll seem less significant and troubling to you. The inner strength, self-confidence and courage you gain by focussing on others' needs instead of your own, brings with it a deep, calm sense of satisfaction. ~ Dalai Lama

People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings-and even see the good in a bad person-they're going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating from a place of love and concern. You can be just as tough, but more effectively tough. ~ Robert Thurman

I don't have followers. I have curious leaders. Shout out to the wild, the curious, the rebels, and the risk takers. You are the leader of your heart's desires and the artist to your soul's inner fire. ~ Helen Edwards

To become, you must first believe. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

How did you act when all was not good? Did you rise to the challenge? Did you display grit, resilience, and integrity in your response? Character isn't about being perfect or always doing the right thing. Character is how you respond to your own failures. It's when you screw up and life hits you in the mouth that you have an opportunity to reveal your inner strength. ~ Bill Courtney

I feel that we are often taken out of our comfort zones, pushed and shoved out of our nests, because if not, we would never know what we could do with our wings, we would never see the horizon and the sun setting on it, we would never know that there's something far better beyond where we are at the moment. It can hurt, but then later you say "thank you." I have been pushed and shoved and have fallen out and away, so very, very, many, many times! And others around me have not! But then, the others haven't seen what I have seen or felt what I have felt or been who I have been, they can't become what I have become. I am me. ~ C. JoyBell C.

The reason I have entered into bodybuilding and weightlifting is to inspire everybody to pray and meditate so they can bring to the fore their own inner strength. If everybody brings to the fore his own inner strength, the world will eventually be inundated with peace. ~ Sri Chinmoy

For today learn that with inner strength and mental stability we can endure all kinds of adversity. Now keep looking toward the stars because as long as you have life ... anything is possible! ~ Timothy Pina

Faith fuels the strength within. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Inner stillness is the key to outer strength. ~ Jared Brock

When you go to Detroit you see a town that is resilient, that's just fighting to win again, and there's an energy to that. Just watching a city really fighting to get back on its feet and watching the inner strength of a city is tremendous. ~ George Clooney

The paradise of praying is like a palace of full of precious things. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You will meet many opponents in your time that will come face to face with your flaws, trust the chaos ~ pain & confusion is the pathway to break open and become free. ~ Nikki Rowe

Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic and know that you are a manifestation of life's magic. ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

If you skipped some chapters in a book it wouldn't make much sense would it? Allow your story to unfold and connect as it should with faith that better chapters are ahead. ~ Brittany Burgunder

The quality of your life is a direct reflection of the quality of the questions you are asking yourself ~ Anthony Robbins

Sometimes what seems so right turns out wrong and what seems so wrong turns out right. What do I call this phenomenon? Life. ~ Charles F. Glassman

It is not his body which makes a man strong, but his spirit. Nothing on the outside, but only that which comes from within. ~ Jocelyn Murray

I guess all anyone wants is to be loved for their true self. And to find the strength to ignore the inner soundtrack that tells us to pretend to be something we aren't, otherwise we'll be on our own. ~ Samantha Tonge

Hope makes the soul glad. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Sin drains strength. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

First set a strong and clear inner voice and then do all that you want to achieve and the door will be opened. ~ Amit Ray

what once cause catastrophe in my life has now become the catalyst for my direction. ~ Nikki Rowe

Revive, Rekindle, Rejoice. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

If you don't choose what you want, others will give you their choices. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We should learn to smile as we fall,
So much so as when we have it all. ~ Ana Claudia Antunes

And even though they had not had sex yet, he was a great lover, replacing sex with the science of bravery and inner strength. Meredith had always wanted a man with this kind of depth. ~ Keira D. Skye

Strength is a capacity for endurance. One of the dividends of suffering is the universal discovery the we posses a strength within us we never knew we had. Navigating through a difficult episode not only shows us that inner strength is there but convinces us it will always be there to serve us in the future. Overcoming gives us an assurance of personal confidence and value that far exceeds what we thought we possessed before our struggles began. ~ Dennis Wholey

Spiritual-self consist of a determined soul and indomitable spirit. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Kingdoms rise and fall.
I can be steady. ~ Laurie Perez

The pursuit of a greater self is a holy-being. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Be at peace with yourself and everyone. It is the greatest inner strength. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You must draw from that strength. You must increase it. And you must hold on to it because sometimes that small glimmer of inner strength is all that we have to help us press forward through the darkness. ~ Morgan Rhodes

As long as we lean on anything outside ourselves for support, we are going to be insecure. Most of us try to find support by leaning on all sorts of things - gold, books, learning, sensory stimulation - and if these things are taken away, we fall over. To the extent that we are dependent on these external supports, we grow weaker and more liable to upsets and misfortune. ~ Eknath Easwaran

If you have to see me broken and beat-up to care about me, I will *never* care about you. If you only like me when I'm cast down, I will get back up and wipe the kindness right off your face. ~ Ally Condie

Adversity refined as like gold. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it. ~ Emery Lord

If you practice in accord with your individual capacity, little by little you will find more pleasure and joy in it. As you gain inner strength, your positive actions will gain in profundity and scope. ~ Dalai Lama

Nevertheless, being weak or showing vulnerability is essentially a sign of inner strength. ~ Patricia Dsouza

Hope is inner strength and believe in a brighter tomorrow. ~ Lailah GiftyAkita

The warrior woman is filled with the courage, confidence, and inner strength to leave the past behind. She knows that there is no way to express herself fully when she is still carrying burdens that need to be released. ~ Debbie Ford

I turn to Libby. "You're kind. Probably the kindest person I know. You're also forgiving, at least a little, but I'm hoping a lot, and in my book that's a superpower." Her eyes are on mine, and there's a lot going on there. "You're smart as hell, and you don't take people's crap, least of all mine. You are who you are. You know who that is, and you aren't afraid of it, and how many of us can say that." She's not smiling, but it's not about what her mouth is doing. It's about her eyes. "You're strong too. It's not just a matter of being able to knock down a guy with a single shot to the jaw." (Everyone laughs, except her.) "I'm talking about inner strength. Like, if I would draw that inner strength it might look a lot like a triangle made of carbyne. That's the world's strongest material. You also make things better for people around you... ~ Jennifer Niven

Your mind is merely a servant, and it behaves well if it is given positive impulses; it behaves very poorly if it is given negative impulses. The mind assumes that it understands whatever it controls. This is the central problem in a mind-dominated world. Substituting control for understanding will only deplete your life, leaving it stripped of richness, power, and meaning. The answers to healing your life will be found in the inner strength of your heart. ~ Glenda Green

God loves you and created you in His own image. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Freedom is the courage to live your dreams. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. You may (possibly) all live to thank me yet. ~ J. R. R. Tolken

What you wish to be, be. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

There's no risk on the path to bliss
Be your own activist
Imagine altering the process of thoughts to positive and passionate
Honing in on habits of happiness ~ Andrew Edward Lucier

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look. ~ Marcus Aurelius

You must endure long enough to be victorious. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Write your dreams in journal,note book, card or on a cork. When you pen down your dreams, an a inner strength and divine power is activated for your to work towards the fulfillment of your dreams. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Adversity tests the limit of your strength. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Great spirit, Great soul. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Glory?
Glory is for those too weak to find their inner strength, leaving them hollow parasites, feeding on the affection of even lesser men. Glory is for cowards, too afraid to let their names die. ~ Aaron Dembski-Bowden