Silence is a source of great strength. ~ Lao Tzu

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” ~ Bruce Lee

“Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.” ~ John Bradshaw

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” ~ Hermann Hesse

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” ~ Franklin P. Jones

“The best way out is always through.” ~ Robert Frost

“Being brave means knowing that when you fail, you don’t fail forever.” ~ Lana Del Rey

“Life is very interesting. In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” ~ Drew Barrymore

“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

“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

“The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.” ~ Criss Jami

“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” ~ Paulo Coelho

Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” ~ Orison Swett Marden

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” ~ Thomas Paine

“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Nelson Mandela

“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens

“This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.” ~ Winston Churchill

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~ Ambrose Redmoon

“We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live.” ~  Cesar Chavez

“It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is terrible only if we fear it.” ~ Epictetus

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.” ~ Anais Nin

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Failure gave me strength. Pain was my motivation.” ~ Michael Jordan

“Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” ~Bruce Lee

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar. Erica Jong

Lean into (not away from) what’s making you uncomfortable. Shane Parrish

Amateurs are scared – scared to be vulnerable and honest with themselves. Professionals feel like they are capable of handling almost anything. Shane Parrish (fs.blog)

Will you dare to try and learn and grow? Or will you allow fear to take over? Life happens in the river, not on the shore. Maxime Lagacé

Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

Having lived the life I’ve lived, and having seen the other side, not being afraid to attack what was in front of me, has made me happy. David Goggins

Have the courage to be who you are, not what people expect you to be. David Goggins

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Catherine the Great

It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” ~ Japanese proverb

“The task ahead of you is never greater than your own height.” ~ Invajy

“Perhaps I am stronger than I think.” ~ Thomas Merton

“Leverage the strength that you have: that no one else can be you.” ~ Todd Wheatland

“I’ve never met a strong person with an easy past.” ~ Atticus

“Even the darkest tunnel has an end and soon their will be light”. ~Invajy

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.” ~ Ovid

“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.” ~ Joshua Graham

“Inner Strength can break any inertia and take you out of comfort zone.” ~ Invajy

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear. Mark Twain

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anaïs Nin

Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy 

Freedom lies in bold action. Robert Frost

Courage, dear heart. C.S. Lewis (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) 😇😇

Choose courage over comfort. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)

A king is one who fears nothing. Seneca

The scared freeze. The brave try. Maxime Lagacé

All serious daring starts from within. Harriet Beecher Stowe

The stronger your principles, the more you’ll fight for them. Maxime Lagacé

Do one thing every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt

Courage is the only virtue you can’t fake. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

There is only the trying. The rest is not our business. T. S. Eliot

Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision. Winston Churchill

No man is defeated unless he is discouraged. Bruce Lee

Nobody learns what he can do except by trying. Seneca

I won’t be intimidated, and I won’t be silenced. Meena Harris

Getting over yourself offers exponential returns. Shane Parrish

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. E. M. Forster

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. Erich Fromm

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. Brené Brown

It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. David Goggins (Can’t Hurt Me)

Don’t let not knowing how it will end keep you from starting. Bob Goff

Choose the great adventure of being brave and afraid. At the exact same time. Brené Brown (Dare to Lead)

Will you rise up, or give up? Will you grow, or let it go? Maxime Lagacé

We don’t quit, we don’t cower, we don’t run. We endure and conquer. Kobe Bryant

Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking. Augustine of Hippo

No one knows what he can do till he tries. Publius Syrus

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed. Dale Carnegie

My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action. Wim Wenders

Self-knowledge leads to purpose. Purpose leads to motivation. Motivation leads to action. Maxime Lagacé

While you don’t control the outcome, you do control the effort. Shane Parrish

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations. Charles Swindoll

Be bold. Be courageous. Never be afraid to speak up and speak out. John Lewis

You got this. Make it happen. Danielle LaPorte

Never bet against a person who just keeps showing up. Sahil Bloom (Source)

Don’t stop until you are proud. Unknown

To fail is something, to quit is another. Marisa Strydom

Rest at the end, not at the middle. Kobe Bryant

Regret doesn’t come from failure. It comes from giving up. Mel Robbins

Never lose hope, my heart. Miracles dwell in the invisible. Rumi

Anyone can start something. No one quits right before the prize. The middle sets people apart. Johnny Uzan

It’s becoming easier and easier to be social, but exceptional people are built in solitude. Naval Ravikant

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it. Martin Luther King Jr

Never, ever ever ever ever give up. Ryan Holiday

If you’re tired of starting over, stop giving up. Soulja Boy (Source)

The harsher the failure, the better the lesson. Jack Butcher

There’s a future me who is glad I never gave up. Sara Blakely

No matter how small the step, forward is forward. Mel Robbins

Give up giving up, it’s the best thing you will ever quit. Thibaut

Difficulties help you become strong. Darkness helps you see the light. Despairs help you find energy. Maxime Lagacé

Failure cannot cope with persistence. Napoleon Hill

Have “eternal wait,” infinite patience. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Character is built when no one is looking. Carlos Del Valle

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind. Horace

The time is always right to do what is right.”

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”

You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream.”

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.”