Need a reminder of your inner strength? Whether you're navigating tough times, chasing big dreams, or just trying to get through today, the right words can help. This collection of strength quotes isn’t just inspirational, it’s your daily fuel to keep going, stay grounded, and rise above. From timeless wisdom to bold affirmations, these quotes speak directly to anyone who’s ever had to be strong, even when it felt impossible.
Motivational Strength Quotes
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
Maya Angelou
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
Jane Austen-Persuasion
You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius- Meditations
When it rains, seek the rainbow. When darkness falls, seek the stars.
Write your own plot line and aim for the stars.
Calm waters never built a legend.
Glow from within and you'll never need a spotlight.
If the chapter doesn't flip, start a new book.
The steeper the mountain, the sweeter the summit.
Sadness teaches you the shape of joy.
Regret stalks the chances you didn’t take.
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-The Fellowship of the Ring
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Jane Austen — Pride and Prejudice
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.
Sarah Dessen
Quotes about Strength in Hard Times
There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.
Dalai Lama XIV
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
Dalai Lama XIV
Courage isn't having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have strength.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Start before you're ready, action is the spark that summons inspiration.
Let your hustle roar louder than your excuses.
If the world shuts a door, kick it open and speak your truth.
Dreams don’t work unless you do.
Your path isn’t a race, your strength lies in your story.
Outrun yesterday’s self.
In a hurting world, love louder.
Real strength is standing back up, bruised but braver.
When the world dims, shine louder.
Hold tight to joy, smiles, and memories outlast everything.
Tough times don’t define you, your response does.
Don’t fear failure, fear the regret of chances never taken.
A hard road is proof you’re moving forward.
Storms build the warrior who walks the path.
Bible Verses for Strength
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.Isaiah 40:31
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.Habakkuk 3:19
Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.1 Chronicles 29:11
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and he helps me.
My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.Psalm 28:7
But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.2 Corinthians 12:9
For the word of God is alive and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow;
it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.Hebrews 4:12
The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.
Psalm 29:11
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:29
Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.
Nothing is too hard for you.Jeremiah 32:17
This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine,
according to his power that is at work within us,
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.Ephesians 3:20-21
Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.
1 Chronicles 16:11
I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.Psalm 18:1-2
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.Psalm 59:16
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Corinthians 12:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.Isaiah 41:10
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 12:30
