26 Quotes About Strength
The traditions keep redefining it: the strongest, says Lao Tzu, is often the one who yields. These quotes are about power of the kind that does not announce itself.
“Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more common you appear.”
“Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“The day you ask for help is not the day you became weak. It is the day you stopped pretending you were stronger than human.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
“The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind.”
“Group flow is the most powerful productivity tool we have. Pixar runs on it. The Lakers won on it.”
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
“Strength is the single most important physical metric to optimize for the second half of life.”
“Fasting is the most powerful longevity intervention we know — older than medicine, free, and within reach of everyone.”
“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless.”
“Speak truth, do truth, for it is great. It is mighty. It endures. Maat is its name.”
“Hekau — the words of power — work only when spoken from a heart aligned with Maat. From a crooked heart they are noise.”
“The mind is the elite athlete's most powerful asset. Train it like you train the body — every single day.”
“The most important thing in life is the journey, not the destination. The toughness is built in the walking.”
“Loneliness kills. It is as powerful as smoking or alcoholism.”
“Sisu is the second wind of mental fortitude — the strength to take action against the odds and reach beyond what is reasonable.”
“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.”
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
“Nothing in the world is softer than water, yet nothing is better at overcoming the hard and strong.”
“Knowing others is intelligence. Knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
“If man were never to fade away like the dews of Adashino, never to vanish like the smoke over Toribeyama, but lingered on forever in the world, how things would lose their power to move us!”