103 Being Strong Quotes For Your Life

Our most recent collection of quotes about being strong will give you the confidence you need to face and overcome your obstacles.

You’ll always have to fight through difficulties and endure your fair share of suffering before you can attain success in any endeavor.

However, when you finally get the achievement you’ve been striving for, it will taste even better.

When everything appears to be going wrong, the question becomes, what are you going to do next?

Will you give up or will you persevere and fight your way through the difficulties and difficulties?

We hope that these inspirational quotes about being strong will inspire you to solve your issues, fulfill your aspirations, and pursue your life’s purpose as you read them.

Being Strong Quotes

1. “All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes, a fire shall be woken,
Light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

2. “Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

3. “How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people – girls, women – went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.” ― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

4. “The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

5. “Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him — or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.” ― Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

6. “If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.” ― Masaru Emoto, Secret Life of Water

7. “The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

8. “He was going to break my legs,” she said, her chin held high, the barest quiver in her voice. “Would you have come for me then, Kaz? When I couldn’t scale a wall or walk a tightrope? When I wasn’t the Wraith anymore?”

9. “Dirty hands would not. The boy who could get them through this, get their money, keep them alive, would do her the courtesy of putting her out of her misery, then cut his losses and move on.”

10. “I would come for you,” he said, and when he saw the wary look she shot him, he said it again. “I would come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together—knives were drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

11. “If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy

12. “Always do what you’re afraid to do.
…
I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick.
I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.”
― E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

13. “So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, All the Sad Young Men

14. “My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present.” ― Steve Goodier

15. “Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

16. “I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.” ― Brenda Joyce, An Impossible Attraction

17. “I wonder if you know yet that you’ll leave me. That you are a child playing with matches and I have a paper body. You will meet a girl with a softer voice and stronger arms and she will not have violent secrets or an affection for red wine or eyes that never stay dry. You will fall into her bed and I’ll go back to spending Friday nights with boys who never learn my last name. ” ― Clementine von Radics

18. “…no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.” ― Pearl Cleage, Just Wanna Testify

19. “If you look up “charming” in the dictionary, you’ll see that it not only has references to strong attraction but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?” ― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

20. “Pain makes you strong, Madoc once told me, making me lift a sword again and again. Get used to the weight.” ― Holly Black, The Wicked King

21. “Baby,” she says in a harsh whisper, “in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.” ― Holly Black, Red Glove

22. “You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.” ― Holly Black, The Wicked King

23. “Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

24. “When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don’t get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even if subtly, ask you for help.” ― Lori Goodwin

25. “It’s hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can’t understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good – and bad – to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One

26. “I feel like myself, strong and weak at once – allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.” ― Veronica Roth, Allegiant

27. “You are strong enough to survive the fall” ― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

28. “Strong people don’t put others down… They lift them up.” ― Michael P. Watson

29. “…and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.” ― Michael Cadnum, Flash

30. “That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt.”― Lauren Oliver, Requiem

31. “I may be in pain, but I am not weak.” ― Veronica Roth, Carve the Mark

32. “They wore their strange beauty like war paint.” ― Holly Black, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

33. “…our impulses are too strong for our judgment sometimes” ― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

34. “Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong…it is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, not as two opposing sets of ideas.” ― Emma Watson

35. “And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She’d been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.” ― Nora Roberts

36. “Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.” ― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

37. “I can’t cry so I have to laugh.” ― Maria Nhambu, Africa’s Child

38. “Some of the most beautiful things we have in life come from our mistakes.” ― Surgeo Bell

39. “I’d never been a good damsel in distress. I was a “hands-on” damsel.” ― Jennifer Armintrout, Possession

40. “I’m independent and strong, but sometimes…just sometimes, it’s nice to be taken care of. It’s nice to be made to feel like a lady” ― Samantha Towle, The Mighty Storm

41. “He knew you can’t really be strong until you can see a funny side of things.” ― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

42. “A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission.” ― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

43. “On the left side of a strong woman, stands a strong man; he is strengthened by her character.” ― Ellen J. Barrier

44. “Everything is within your power,
and your power is within you.”
― Janice Trachtman, Catching What Life Throws at You: Inspiring True Stories of Healing

45. “Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings –” ― Simona Panova, Nightmarish Sacrifice

46. “You praise the man who has the ability to perform great actions.
I admire a man who can deal with great pain and knows no despair.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

47. “We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance.” ― Wally Lamb, We Are Water

48. “To be strong does not mean to sprout muscles and flex. It means meeting one’s own numinosity without fleeing, actively living with the wild nature in one’s own way. It means to be able to learn, to be able to stand what we know. It means to stand and live.” ― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype

49. “Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why the earth is ruled by men and not by animals.” ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

50. “I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him.” ― Kimberly Derting, Dead Silence

51. “Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt.
Prayer makes it weaker.” ― Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

52. “Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

53. “Sometimes, it is how you shine in the darkness during other people’s misery that is remembered more than anything you could have said or done when you have suffered just as much.” ― Shannon L. Alder

54. “It just be life, that’s all. Ain’t nothin’ happened to you, ain’t happened to most women whether they care to admit it or not. You strong, Babygirl. You a woman. You gotta be.” ― Marilyn Fullen-Collins

55. “Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible in their consciousness of being right.” ― Alexander Berkman, The ABC of Anarchism

56. “A person who is truly cool is a work of art. And remember original works of art cost exponentially higher than imitations. Just take a look at the coolest people in history. They will always be a part of history for being extremely original individuals, not imitations.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

57. “The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!” ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

58. “…but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)” ― J.D. Robb

59. “But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula

60. “People seem weak, but they’re strong. They seem strong, but they’re weak.” ― Fuyumi Soryo (惣領冬実)

61. “Surely you ain’t weak. You just can’t accept yourself as a strong person.” ― Toba Beta

62. “Friendship is a give and take. You have to have a strong relationship with your friend and I think you have to offer them something and they have to offer you something and that’s to always learn from it.” ― Raven Symone

63. “The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

64. “The world is a goddamned evil place, the strong prey on the weak, the rich on the poor; I’ve given up hope that there is a God that will save us all. How am I supposed to believe that there’s a heaven and a hell when all I see now is hell.” ― Aaron B. Powell, Doomsday Diaries III: Luke the Protector

65. “Matthias joined them at the table. “The Shu woman we faced was stronger than me, Jesper, and Wylan put together.”
“You heard right,” said Jesper. “Stronger than Wylan.” ― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

66. “Focus on faith and grow your roots strong and deep so no one can make you believe in something that is not good for your soul.” ― Molly Friedenfeld

67. “Strong words resonate.” ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

68. “I think it was the institution…I was trying to master it.” ― E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

69. “Don’t hang with negative people. They will pull you down with them. Instead, invite them into your light and together you will both shine strong.” ― L.F. Young

70. “Whenever you feel a little stricken down in pain, think about this. The knife has to be sharpened by striking and rubbing it against something strong before it can become useful! You are going to be great after the struggles.” ― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

71. “Complaining is truly my strongest weakness.” ― Evinda Lepins

72. “Bond is stronger than blood. The family grows stronger by bond.” ― Itohan Eghide, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

73. “True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look inferior, which in essence, makes you superior.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson

74. “I prefer to be on the side of losers, the misunderstood or lonely people rather than writing about the strong and powerful.” ― Núria Añó

75. “No weekend, all weakened.” ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

76. “Stay strong, stay positive, and never give up.” ― Roy Bennett

77. “Be very careful what you try with that. I’m not as strong as I should be.” His breath was ragged and irregular. “And you are stronger than you know.”― Tyra Lynn, Tempus

78. “No matter who you are, big or small, female or man, brave or not brave, you can still be empowered and feel strong.” ― Lights Poxlietner

79. “Strong people define themselves; weak people allow others to define them.” ― Ken Poirot

80. “There’s no shortcut to becoming strong. Even if you try to look strong on the outside, that thin layer will soon fall off.” ― Hideaki Sorachi

81. “I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

82. “All is good. Don’t worry, the pain will help you. You’ll get into some trouble, but it will work out in the end.” ― James Franco

83. “Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command!”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

84. “stronger than mountains.
a place where my heart
feels the safest-
underneath his shirt.”
― Sanober Khan

85. “It’s ok to be a fool once or twice but never let it be a third time. Be smart and pretend to be a fool and at the end of the hunt make sure you’re the one that has the gun.” ― Surgeo Bell

86. “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.” ― Jonathan Harnisch, The Brutal Truth

87. “Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

88. “Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul.” ― Carlos Barrios

89. “The weaker mind reacts.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

90. “Never loose hope. Stay strong, you never know what tomorrow brings.” ― Magith Noohukhan

91. “War can condition a person to be resilient, tolerant, dependable, strong, and capable of so much more than one who had experienced nothing of it; it can bring out the very best in us, but also the very worst. Where is it, I ask, the proper conduit through which a soldier should be raised from whence they would become an upstanding citizen of the world, instead of a single country?”
― Mike Norton

92. “The strong were always eating the weak.” ― James Rollins, Deep Fathom

93. “Strong-willed heart, always makes me feel so touched.
It reminds me about some ‘fall and rise again’ in my life.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

94. “When others in doubt, your strong belief steers.” ― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

95. “friendship is not gold, but it’s more value;
friendship is not diamond, but it’s more glory;
friendship is not iron, but it’s more strong”
― suresh kannan kottarathil sk

96. “At the crossroad in my life, I didn’t know which way to go. I just mindlessly choose a random direction… then, after regretting my decision I tried to retrace my steps. However, without even realizing it the sun had already set.”
― Nobuyuki Fukumoto

97. “You only feel powerless because your fear has given your power to the object of your fear. Once you realise this, you can claim it back.” ― Kamand Kojouri

98. “Be strong. Even when you can’t be.” ― Saim .A. Cheeda

99. “Breathe in that vital connection to the life source and sensual beauty everywhere. Feel loved and strong.” ― Jay Woodman

100. “All four of us were young and undaunted and our smiles were so strong that it made me smile even then on the couch, with a kind of loss.” ― Markus Zusak, Underdog

101. “It’s ok. You don’t have to be strong all the time. You don’t have to ignore your sadness and pretend like you are doing absolutely fine.” ― Nitya Prakash

102. “Strong anger can only make you weaker than you already are” ― Munia Khan

103. “Fear always reaches a breaking point and turns into anxiety or rage, and I don’t have enough storage space for more fear in my life. Namely when it involves people I’ve never even met.”
― Scaachi Koul, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

Life is full of obstacles, no matter who you are or where you come from in this world. Whatever your ambitions or aspirations, you will almost certainly find roadblocks on your way to achieve them.