“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” – Orison Swett Marden
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” – Cayla Mills
“Most great people have attained their greatest success one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill
“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” – Bob Riley
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A. A. Milne
“My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when I was knocked down.” – Bob Moore
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
“Anyone can give up; it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, that’s true strength.” – Chris Bradford
“You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” – Robin Sharma
“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.” – Rikki Rogers
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
“It’s not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” – J.R.R Tolkien
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.” – Joel Osteen
“Hardship prepares ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve
“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” – Vernon Howard
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
“The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don’t give up.” – Robert Tew
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha
