45 Inspiring And Strong Quotes

In our journey through life, we often seek motivation and resilience to face challenges head-on. Words have a unique power to uplift, inspire, and transform our perspectives. Whether you're looking for a boost of confidence, wisdom to navigate obstacles, or simply a reminder of your inner strength, our curated collection of the top 45 inspiring and strong quotes is here to provide just that. Dive into these powerful words and let them fuel your determination and courage.

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,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

2. “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

3. “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

4. “A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission.” - Santosh Kalwar

5. “People seem weak, but they're strong. They seem strong, but they're weak.” - Fuyumi Soryo (惣領 冬実)

6. “When others in doubt, your strong belief steers.” - Toba Beta

7. “Strong-willed heart, always makes me feel so touched. It reminds me about some 'fall and rise again' in my life.” - Toba Beta

8. “Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt. Prayer makes it weaker.” - Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident]

9. “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

10. “Anne’s is a world very like this one, and you can move about in it with familiarity - but not freedom: it is a place of rigorous consequence, where the weak have to give way to the strong, where her governess heroine Agnes must walk as best she can in the cold shade of money and masculinity.” - Jude Morgan

11. “...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

12. “The weaker mind reacts.” - Toba Beta

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

14. “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

15. “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

16. “I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.” - E. Lockhart

17. “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

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

19. “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

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

21. “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

22. “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

23. “I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.” - Jennifer Armintrout

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. “Strong people don't put others down... They lift them up.” - Michael P. Watson

26. “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

27. “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

28. “I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own.” - Beth Revis

29. “We must stay strong so we can keep going.” - Michelle Shen

30. “There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.” - Jane Lindskold

31. “It was easier being strong when another man was strong enough to be weak.” - Aleksandr Voinov

32. “You can't go through life striking out at people who hurt or scare you. All that does is show them that you're weak. It tells them that they've wounded you, and a strong woman never shows her wounds unless it serves a purpose.” - Lisa Cach

33. “This world ye speak of, Akira, is built upon survival. The strong conquer and live, while the weak crumble and die.” - Jennifer Hudson Taylor

34. “I'm thankful because I'm still alive. I'm thankful because I lived the mantra, Only The Strong Survive. I'm thankful because I have Chris Ann. And that has made all the difference. And it always will.It always gets better. I told you so...” - Jamie Schoffman

35. “The strong were always eating the weak.” - James Rollins

36. “...our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes” - Thomas Hardy

37. “That is the rule of the Wilds: You must be bigger and stronger and tougher. You must hurt or be hurt.” - Lauren Oliver

38. “A brave action is often followed by grief. Do not let my resistance to grief stop the brave action.” - Alanis Morissette

39. “We live in a world full of people who are satisfied with pretending to be someone they are not.” - Tommy Tran

40. “I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening.” - Lauren DeStefano

41. “Тhe gentle overcomes the rigid.The slow overcomes the fast.The weak overcomes the strong."…"Everyone knows that the yielding overcomes the stiff,and the soft overcomes the hard.Yet no one applies this knowledge.” - Lao Tzu

42. “We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don’t have to stay down.” - Steve Goodier

43. “Whatever this fearlessness, this strength, this difference was, she was starting to like it.” - Melissa Marr

44. “No weekend, all weakened.” - Toba Beta

45. “But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.” - Bram Stoker