Strength Quotes

Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.

31459 quotes

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"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."
Atticus Finch
R
"You can't really be strong and afraid at the same time."
Randle McMurphy
R
"A man's worth is measured by how hard he's willing to fight."
Randle McMurphy
J
"I have lived through much suffering."
Jean Valjean
P
"Strength is not always visible but resides in the human spirit"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
C
"You're gonna have to start taking this serious."
Cheswick
C
"He was bigger than all of us."
Chief Bromden
B
"I won't be a fool anymore."
Billy Bibbit
G
"A man is not defeated by his enemies, but by his own weakness."
General Kutuzov
R
"I'm still breathing, and that means I'm still fighting."
Randle McMurphy
D
"True strength lies in admitting one's weakness"
Dmitri Karamazov
J
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."
Jean Valjean
R
"You can break a man's body, but his spirit is another matter."
Randle McMurphy
R
"Strength isn't about winning; it's about refusing to quit."
Randle McMurphy
A
"True strength lies in gentleness"
Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov
C
"I been silent so long now it's gonna roar out of me like a dam bursting."
Chief Bromden
G
"The feet ache, the eyes water, but the spirit is willing."
General Kutuzov
C
"Once you lose your pride, you lose everything."
Chief Bromden
C
"One man opposing the whole system."
Chief Bromden
C
"I'm tired of being small."
Chief Bromden
N
"True strength lies in gentleness and forgiveness"
Natasha Rostova
O
"You are a slow learner, Winston. This time you will learn better."
O'Brien
C
"He knows that you have to be a lot smarter than you look to be a guy and get away with the things he does."
Chief Bromden
C
"You can't fight the system alone."
Chief Bromden
C
"Nobody's going to help you but yourself."
Chief Bromden
R
"I won't let them break me."
Randle McMurphy
C
"The strongest man here is the one who knows he's weak."
Chief Bromden
R
"A man who can't take care of himself has no business expectin' to take care of anybody else."
Randle McMurphy
P
"How strange and terrible is the human heart!"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
P
"The human spirit is stronger than any circumstance."
Pierre Bezukhov