Top 200 Being Strong Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

52. “She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.”

— Elizabeth Edwards

53. “Be brave, be bold, be free.”

— Angelina Jolie

54. “A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”

— Marcus Aurelius

55. “When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

56. “I’ve always believed that you should never, ever give up and you should always keep fighting even when there’s only a slightest chance.”

— Michael Schumacher

57. “Life is rough so you gotta be tough.”

— Johnny Cash

58. “Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”

— Billy Graham

59. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”

— Maya Angelou

60. “Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is!”

— Swami Vivekananda

61. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.”

— Thomas A. Edison

62. “There is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.”

— Winston Churchill

63. “There is nothing you can’t do, if you set your mind to it. Anything is possible.”

— Rick Hansen

64. “Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”

— Meg Cabot

65. “Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche.”

— Bob Goff

66. “Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”

— Maggie Kuhn

67. “Nothing can stop you until you choose to be stopped.”

— Robin S. Sharma

68. “I’m like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.”

— Bess Myerson

69. “Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

70. “I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.”

— Maya Angelou

71. “Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Do. Not. Allow. It.”

— Emma Watson

72. “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.”

— Bethany Hamilton

73. “Mental toughness is essential to success.”

— Vince Lombardi

74. “Nobody’s as serious about health and fitness as me, and staying fit is my top priority.”

— Ray Lewis

75. “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

76. “Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.”

— Napoleon Hill

77. “You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.”

— Paulo Coelho

78. “Don’t give up just because of what someone said. Use it as motivation to push harder.”

— Zig Ziglar

79. “If something stands between you and your success – move it. Never be denied.”

— Dwayne Johnson

80. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”

— Albert Camus

81. “We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.”

— Joel Osteen

82. “There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

83. “Here’s how I’m going to beat you. I’m going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it.”

— Pat Summitt

84. “Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

— Dolly Parton

85. “Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared.”

— Tupac Shakur

86. “Have faith in your skills, negative thoughts kill. Self-doubt will kill your dreams before others do. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.”

— Suzy Kassem

87. “My thing is that I don’t give any person that much power over the path that I’m walking. Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.”

— Nipsey Hussle

88. “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.”

— Steve Maraboli

89. “Be bold, be courageous, be your best.”

— Gabrielle Giffords

90. “Normality is what weak people call living, I call it death.”

— Greg Plitt

91. “We shall never surrender.”

— Winston Churchill

92. “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

— John F. Kennedy

93. “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.”

— Tupac Shakur

94. “We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

95. “You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.”

— Joel Osteen

96. “Don’t whine, complain, or make excuses.”

— John Wooden

97. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

98. “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”

— Malcolm X

99. “Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.”

— Wilferd Peterson

100. “Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don’t let fear intimidate you.”

— Joel Osteen