Strength Quotes

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

31459 quotes

"Strength is forged in the furnace of adversity."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The measure of a man is not in how he falls, but in how he rises."
Juan Luis Vives
"True strength lies not in the muscles but in the character."
Juan Luis Vives
N
"Strength is not measured by muscles alone."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
N
"True strength lies in gentleness."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
F
"The most powerful virtue is temperance."
Francis Bacon
F
"The remedy lies in the hands of oneself."
Francis Bacon
C
"The greatest fortress is a disciplined mind."
Christine de Pizan
C
"Strength is not the absence of struggle; it is persisting through struggle."
Christine de Pizan
C
"Strength is demonstrated not in domination but in restraint."
Christine de Pizan
G
"True strength comes from admitting what we do not know."
Giovan Battista della Porta
F
"Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it."
Francesco Petrarch
F
"The greatest strength lies in gentleness."
Francesco Petrarch
"True strength lies in the ability to forgive and move forward."
Juan Luis Vives
"The strongest person is the one who can admit mistakes."
Juan Luis Vives
N
"The strength of mathematics lies in its absolute truth."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
N
"The mind is a muscle; exercise it daily."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
N
"The mind grows strongest through resistance, not ease."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"The mind grows stronger through adversity, as muscles strengthen through resistance."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The strength of a chain is determined not by its strongest link but by its weakest."
Gerolamo Cardano
"The strength of a community lies in the strength of its least powerful members."
Gerolamo Cardano
F
"The worthy man resists all temptations and stands firm."
Francis Bacon
M
"The strength of a nation lies not in its armies but in the character of its scholars and leaders."
Matteo Ricci
M
"The strength of a community lies in the number of those willing to sacrifice personal advantage for collective good."
Matteo Ricci
G
"Strength is not measured in muscles, but in the resolve to continue."
Giovan Battista della Porta
G
"The greatest strength is the ability to remain kind in a cruel world."
Giovan Battista della Porta
C
"Do not measure your worth by the opinions of those who do not know you."
Christine de Pizan
C
"A woman's greatest weapon is her ability to think clearly when others panic."
Christine de Pizan
"The greatest strength lies not in never falling, but in rising each time with renewed determination."
Juan Luis Vives
F
"Spiritual progress is impossible without struggle."
Francesco Petrarch