All of us can all use a little encouragement that rebuilds our strength and fortifies our souls. Here are 23 great quotes that honor perseverance, courage and wisdom:
1) 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
2) The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
3) Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
– Helen Keller
4) Frodo: “What are we holding onto, Sam?”
Sam: “That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.”
– Frodo and Sam, from “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”
5) We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.
– Malala Yousafzai
6) If you’re going through hell, keep going.
– Winston Churchill
7) The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.
– Ayn Rand
8) It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.
– Dalai Lama
9) Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
– Confucius
10) The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.
– Alice Walker
11) Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
– John Wayne
12) I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.
-Jewish Proverb
13) Hardship prepares ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
-C.S. Lewis
14) Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.
– Truvy, from “Steel Magnolias”
15) Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you.
-Unknown
16) Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
17) It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.
– Babe Ruth
18) Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce.
– Vivian Komori
19) When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.
– Shauna Niequest
20) If you find yourself constantly trying to prove your worth to someone, you have already forgotten your value.
– Unknown
21) Some people come into your life as blessings. Others come into your life as lessons.
– Mother Teresa
22) Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it.
– Rafiki, from “The Lion King”
23) It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
– Mark Twain
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