Quotes to Find Strength in Challenging Times

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

In times of great difficulty, strength is not found in the absence of fear, but in the ability to channel it into determination. – Unknown

The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about. – Unknown

Sometimes you don’t realize your strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. – Susan Gale

A strong person is not the one who doesn’t cry. A strong person is one who is able to maintain composure and pick up the pieces after a breakdown. – Unknown

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. – Rikki Rogers

The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. – Unknown

Strength is not about how much you can handle before you break, it’s about how much you can endure after you’ve been broken. – Unknown

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi

Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you’ve ever been, to stand up taller than you ever were. – Unknown

Quotes to Find Strength in Challenging Times part 2

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

The depth of your struggle will determine the height of your success. – Unknown

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don’t to achieve what others won’t. – Henry Rollins

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. – Arthur Golden

Strength lies within the soul and spirit, not within muscles and physicality. – Unknown

Don’t be afraid of your fears. They’re not there to scare you. They’re there to let you know that something is worth it. – C. JoyBell C.

The only way to survive during hard times is to keep pushing forward, no matter how tough the battle may seem. – Unknown

Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on, but you keep going anyway. – Unknown

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice. – Bob Marley

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. – Unknown

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands—and then eat just one of those pieces. – Judith Viorst

Being strong means choosing to stay positive even when it’s easier to give in to negativity. – Unknown

Strength is not about how much weight you can lift but how many times you can get back up after falling. – Unknown

In the midst of darkness, you discover an invincible light within you. – Ibn Arabi

Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until the person you love the most becomes your greatest challenge. – Unknown

Remember that the greatest strength is the power to remain calm in difficult times. – Dalai Lama

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise again. – Victor Hugo

The strongest people aren’t always the people who win, but the people who don’t give up when they lose. – Ashley Hodgeson

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is ask for help. – Unknown

Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. – Roy T. Bennett

The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win. – Kobe Bryant

Tough times never last, but tough people do. – Robert H. Schuller

You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it. – Unknown

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle

The strongest hearts have the most scars. – Unknown

Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional. – Roger Crawford

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher

When you’re tested, you discover the strength within you that makes you capable of tackling anything. – Unknown

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis