Top 500 Strong Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

102. “It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.”

— Otto von Bismarck

103. “If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.”

— Thomas Jefferson

104. “No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.”

— Winston Churchill

105. “We don’t always cry because we are weak, sometimes we cry because we have been strong, brave and courageous for way too long...”

— Johnny Depp

106. “Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

107. “Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the persuit of evil.”

— David Gemmell

108. “A strong body listens. It obeys. A weak body commands. If your body is weak it tells you what to do. If your body is strong it’ll actually listen to you when you tell it to do something. If you build it right you can overcome some of the obstacles of age and recovery.”

— Andre Agassi

109. “When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.”

— Thomas Merton

110. “Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you. Even though you know you are going to be killed, fight till you “are killed.” Don’t die of fright. Die fighting. Don’t go down till you are knocked down.”

— Swami Vivekananda

111. “You rose into my life like a promised sunrise, brightening my days with the light in your eyes. I’ve never been so strong. Now I’m where I belong.”

— Maya Angelou

112. “We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don’t have to stay down.”

— Steve Goodier

113. “Be strong-be strong in the discipline of self. How many otherwise good men squander their strength and dissipate their will and literally destroy their lives because they have not the power of self-discipline.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

114. “Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

115. “Strong feelings are fine; it’s the overreactions that mess us up.”

— Albert Ellis

116. “The will is stronger than anything else. Everything must go down before the will, for it comes from God. A pure and strong will is omnipotent.”

— Swami Vivekananda

117. “Mentally strong people are comfortable in their own skin.”

— John C. Maxwell

118. “Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.”

— Albert Einstein

119. “As I said, I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn’t, but it wasn’t hard either. But without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

120. “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.”

— John F. Kennedy

121. “All strong souls first go to hell before they do the healing of the world they came here for. If we are lucky, we return to help those still trapped below.”

— Clarissa Pinkola Estés

122. “When you’re strong and good, then you’re Bad.”

— Michael Jackson

123. “Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

— Napoleon Hill

124. “If you are strong enough, there are no precedents.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

125. “Anything can be achieved with a strong enough why!”

— Tony Robbins

126. “But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn’t really bother me.”

— Usain Bolt

127. “We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.”

— Watchman Nee

128. “The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.”

— Ovid

129. “Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb the pain, and resilient enough to bounce back and keep on moving.”

— Jesse Jackson

130. “Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak. We are far too easily pleased.”

— C. S. Lewis

131. “To try to be safe everywhere is to be strong nowhere.”

— Winston Churchill

132. “It’s hard to be strong and be weak at the same time. So I spent a lot of time sitting still. Sitting still for hours, not moving a muscle. Really concentrated work, so I’m ready. I’m ready for my performance.”

— Lady Gaga

133. “In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.”

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Joseph Campbell

135. “Part of your purpose in life is to build strong and fruitful relationships with others, and your work setting is a perfect place to start.”

— Zig Ziglar

136. “The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

137. “Sometimes when you smile, it’s not because you’re happy. It’s because you’re strong.”

— Pamela Anderson

138. “I am a strong believer in the ability of human beings to change for the better. I am a strong believer in trying to change what we are dissatisfied with.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

139. “The heart’s affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does not die; it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.”

— Khalil Gibran

140. “The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

141. “A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.”

— Émile Durkheim

142. “Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue.”

— Thomas S. Monson

143. “Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals – they are both essential ingredients for long-term success.”

— Bill Ford

144. “There’s strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.”

— Stephen R. Covey

145. “The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”

— Swami Vivekananda

146. “I think that if you use the so-called “strong words” you’ll get your point across faster and you can save a lot of beating around the bush. Why are people afraid of words? Sometimes the dumbest thing that gets said makes the point for you.”

— Frank Zappa

147. “My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She’s been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I’m a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.”

— Kevin Durant

148. “The battle is not to the strong alone. It is to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. A small, disciplined militia can not only hold out against a larger force, but drive it back, because what they’re fighting for rightfully belongs to them.”

— Patrick Henry

149. “If you’re a strong female, you don’t need permission.”

— Lady Gaga

150. “While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.”

— Rick Warren