Top 200 Being Strong Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.”

— Maya Angelou

152. “The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

153. “Strength is life, Weakness is death.”

— Swami Vivekananda

154. “Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”

— Erica Jong

155. “Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.”

— Orison Swett Marden

156. “When I’ve heard all I need to make a decision, I don’t take a vote. I make a decision.”

— Ronald Reagan

157. “The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”

— George S. Patton Jr.

158. “I won’t give up. Even if the skies get rough.”

— Jason Mraz

159. “The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.”

— Daisaku Ikeda

160. “Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

161. “We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it’s absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.”

— T.D. Jakes

162. “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”

— Winston Churchill

163. “Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.”

— Harvey MacKay

164. “There’s a spark in you. You’ve just got to ignite the light and let it shine.”

— Katy Perry

165. “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. ”

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

166. “You become a worrier by practicing worry. You can become free of worry by practicing the opposite and stronger habit of faith. With all the strength and perseverance you can command, start practicing faith.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

167. “A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.”

— Tecumseh

168. “No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.”

— Demi Lovato

169. “When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They’re sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.”

— Joel Osteen

170. “The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.”

— Aristotle

171. “Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.”

— Swami Vivekananda

172. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

— Ernest Hemingway

173. “A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.”

— Thomas Carlyle

174. “As long as I try, there’s always a chance of getting up. It’s not the end until you give up.”

— Nick Vujicic

175. “Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I’m going to make it.”

— Stephen Curry

176. “Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.”

— Les Brown

177. “He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”

— Louisa May Alcott

178. “Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.”

— Bob Marley

179. “Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

180. “Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.”

— Elbert Hubbard

181. “Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

182. “When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.”

— Joseph Campbell

183. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”

— Barry Finlay

184. “A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.”

— Louisa May Alcott

185. “The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.”

— Khalil Gibran

186. “Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.”

— Tom Chappell

187. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”

— Og Mandino

188. “From caring comes courage.”

— Laozi

189. “Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.”

— Bear Grylls

190. “Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

191. “Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it.”

— Sigmund Freud

192. “Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door.”

— Jared Leto

193. “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.”

— Elbert Hubbard

194. “He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

195. “All you need is the courage to believe in yourself and put one foot in front of the other.”

— Kathrine Switzer

196. “A person may look strong on the outside, but may need another’s emotional support.”

— Mary Watkins

197. “The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

198. “Every single day is a battle to stay strong.”

— Demi Lovato

199. “No matter what comes your way, shake it off and move forward. When you have a positive mindset, you can’t be defeated.”

— Joel Osteen

200. “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

— Michael Jordan