You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
It is difficulties that show what men are.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.
I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.
It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.
Once you've accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.
Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.
The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid.
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
The person who trains the body to endure hardship is far better prepared to manage difficulties than one who has not.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
The best strategy is always to be very strong.
Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.
Remember the mind is your best muscle. Big arms can move rocks, but big words can move mountains.
Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.
No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.
Willpower isn't just a skill. It's a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder.
