Strength Quotes

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

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"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."
Hafiz
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"Do not ask God for an easy life. Ask for the strength to endure difficulty."
Hafiz
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"The soul is like an athlete. It needs training to become strong."
Hafiz
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"What is true strength? It is gentleness coupled with resolve."
Hafiz
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"The beauty of the soul shines out when a person bears tribulations with courage."
Teresa of Avila
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"The strength of a person is measured by their capacity to forgive."
Teresa of Avila
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"Strength is not the absence of vulnerability but its acceptance."
Teresa of Avila
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"No thing can be destroyed except by an external cause."
Spinoza
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"The greatest strength comes not from rigidity but from flexibility and understanding."
Spinoza
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"Hardship is the chisel that sculpts the soul into its true form."
Ibn Arabi
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"The strongest person is one who has mastered themselves."
Ibn Arabi
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"We are upheld by the power and the wisdom and the goodness of God."
Julian of Norwich
"A truly wise and powerful person is humble."
Meister Eckhart
"The greatest strength is gentleness."
Meister Eckhart
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"True strength lies not in resisting temptation but in surrendering to grace."
John of the Cross
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"In accepting our limitations, we become vessels for divine power."
John of the Cross
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"You carry within you a holiness that can transform the world, if you would only let it bloom."
Hafiz
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"The greatest battle you will ever fight is the one within your own mind."
Hafiz
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"Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel. I am a carpenter of my own soul."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
"A pure and virtuous soul cannot be degraded by any external thing."
Meister Eckhart
"True strength comes from inner conviction."
Meister Eckhart
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"Perfection consists not in mortifying the flesh by hairshirts or disciplines, but in killing our own will."
Teresa of Avila
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"In the midst of winter I found there was, after all, an invincible summer within me."
Teresa of Avila
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"When our pride has received a blow, our faith gains in strength."
Teresa of Avila
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"The greatest strength we can develop is the strength to forgive."
Teresa of Avila
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"In the furnace of trials, our faith is refined like gold."
Teresa of Avila
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"The greatest strength lies in accepting our weakness."
Julian of Norwich
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"To surrender to God is to find true strength."
Julian of Norwich