250 Strength Quote of the Day: Best Lines for Resilience

Whether you need perseverance for a difficult project, courage for a hard conversation, or simply the will to keep going, these strength quote of the day readings meet you where you are. Read one each morning, share one with someone who needs it, and let these words build your resilience day by day.

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Strength in Adversity: Strength Quote of the Day for Tough Times

1. “I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we’ll face. And we all face some adversity.” — Sheryl Sandberg
2. “In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.” — Albert Bandura
3. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
4. “No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.” — Alana Stewart
5. “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene
6. “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
7. “Hard times build determination and inner strength.” — Dalai Lama
8. “Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.” — Joel Osteen
9. “Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during such times when the hero in you gets revealed.” — Booker T. Washington
10. “One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” — Albert Schweitzer
11. “On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin.” — Gregory S. Williams
12. “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” — William Samuel Johnson
13. “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” — Malcolm X
14. “Struggles in life are not roadblocks, they’re stepping stones.” — Roy T. Bennett
15. “Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.” — Ernest Shackleton
16. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
17. “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” — Elie Wiesel
18. “The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.” — George R.R. Martin
19. “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” — Brandon Sanderson

Inner Strength

1. “Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out.” — Katherine Dunham
2. “I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” — Anna Freud
3. “Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.” — Richard E. Byrd
4. “No matter what the situation, remind yourself: I have a choice.” — Deepak Chopra
5. “When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways: either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.” — Dalai Lama
6. “Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.” — Marcus Aurelius
7. “Mental toughness is a state of mind. You could call it character in action.” — Vince Lombardi
8. “What you need to play hockey is heart and determination, and the ability to stay mentally strong. Mental strength beat physical strength any day.” — Phil Esposito
9. “There’s no substitute for hard work and effort beyond the call of duty. That is what strengthens the soul and ennobles one’s character.” — Hope Solo
10. “Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things.” — Joe Paterno
11. “There is enough strength within you to overcome anything in life.” — Lailah Gifty Akita
12. “Fear is natural to the body; courage is natural to the soul.” — John Astin
13. “As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind: every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.” — John Glenn
14. “I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me.” — Brad Pitt
15. “I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn’t matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.” — Julia Roberts
16. “Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.” — Anne Sexton
17. “If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off, no matter what they say.” — Barbara McClintock
18. “Democracy is the best revenge.” — Benazir Bhutto
19. “It is not power that corrupts but fear.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

Courage and Bravery

1. “No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength, if we have the virtue of resilience.” — Eric Greitens
2. “To be brave is not to not feel fear, but to face it head-on.” — Miyamoto Musashi
3. “The brave man is not he who feels no fear, but he who conquers it.” — David Lloyd George
4. “Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.” — Wendell Phillips
5. “You don’t have to be fearless to be brave.” — Viola Davis
6. “Fear is inevitable. Courage is intentional.” — Simon Sinek
7. “Bravery is not defined by the absence of fear, but by action in spite of it.” — Nick Vujicic
8. “Being brave means doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” — Eddie Rickenbacker
9. “I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day.” — Greta Thunberg
10. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” — Yoda
11. “Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It’s the mastery of fear. It’s about getting up one more time than we fall down.” — Arianna Huffington
12. “When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had.” — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
13. “It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had enough individuality and courage to stand by his own convictions.” — Robert G. Ingersoll
14. “Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” — John Wayne
15. “Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
16. “The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.” — Miguel de Cervantes
17. “Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.” — Menander
18. “A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.” — Veronica Roth
19. “A brave man is a man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.” — James A. Garfield

Perseverance

1. “This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.” — Winston Churchill
2. “Survival can be summed up in three words: never give up.” — Bear Grylls
3. “Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it.” — Simon Sinek
4. “Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.” — James Whitcomb Riley
5. “Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.” — Yasmin Mogahed
6. “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them.” — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
7. “Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust.” — Maria Ressa
8. “Do not obey in advance.” — Timothy Snyder
9. “Water is life.” — Autumn Peltier
10. “The Force will be with you. Always.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi
11. “I am a Jedi, like my father before me.” — Luke Skywalker
12. “Hit hard, hit fast, hit often.” — William Halsey
13. “The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.” — Omar Bradley
14. “They’ve got us surrounded, the poor bastards.” — Creighton Abrams
15. “Nuts!” — Anthony McAuliffe
16. “A good half of the art of living is resilience.” — Alain de Botton
17. “There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.” — Sophie Kinsella
18. “People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in.” — Charles Swindoll
19. “What helps you persevere is your resilience and commitment.” — Roy T. Bennett

Mental Toughness

1. “Mental toughness is essential to success.” — Vince Lombardi
2. “Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.” — Bill Russell
3. “The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing.” — David Goggins
4. “Every quarterback can throw a ball; every running back can run; every receiver is fast, but that mental toughness that you talk about translates into competitiveness.” — Tom Brady
5. “What makes you really come together under pressure is determination and focus and toughness.” — Debi Thomas
6. “The most important attribute a player must have is mental toughness.” — Mia Hamm
7. “Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” — Thomas Jefferson
8. “Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.” — Chris Evert
9. “Sometimes carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” — Albert Camus
10. “Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.” — Sharon Salzberg
11. “A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.” — Vernon Howard
12. “Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.” — Henry Rollins
13. “Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.” — Chris Bradford
14. “In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
15. “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” — Vincent Van Gogh
16. “We acquire the strength we have overcome.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. “If they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable.” — Gabourey Sidibe
18. “True strength is delicate.” — Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
19. “It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.” — J. C. Watts

Strength from Struggle

1. “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” — Lance Armstrong
2. “Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.” — Dan Millman
3. “When people are determined, they can overcome anything.” — Nelson Mandela
4. “All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” — Helen Keller
5. “In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.” — Federico García Lorca
6. “An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.” — Clara Barton
7. “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.” — Elbert Hubbard
8. “When you know your why, then your what has more impact because you’re working toward your purpose.” — Michael Jr.
9. “You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up, but you don’t give up.” — Chuck Yeager
10. “Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” — Conrad Hilton
11. “Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.” — James A. Michener
12. “It’s not over until it’s over.” — Yogi Berra
13. “Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” — Robert H. Schuller
14. “Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” — Gena Showalter
15. “Champions behave like champions before they are champions.” — Bill Walsh
16. “Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice.” — Stephen Curry
17. “I want the same thing I’ve wanted since I was 7: to be number one.” — Novak Djokovic
18. “I don’t want to be remembered as a beaten champion.” — Rocky Marciano

Biblical Strength

1. “But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.” — The Bible (Isaiah 40:31)
2. “For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.” — The Bible (2 Timothy 1:7)
3. “Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”” — The Bible (Joshua 1:9)
4. “Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.” — The Bible (Isaiah 41:10)
5. “Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?” — The Bible (Psalm 27:1)
6. “Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”” — The Bible (Nehemiah 8:10)
7. “Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!” — The Bible (1 Corinthians 16:13)
8. “He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.” — The Bible (2 Corinthians 12:9)
9. “What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” — The Bible (Romans 8:31)
10. “Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”” — The Bible (Deuteronomy 31:6)
11. “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”” — The Bible (Psalm 91:1-2)
12. “Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” — The Bible (Proverbs 3:5-6)
13. “I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”” — The Bible (John 16:33)
14. “Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” — The Bible (Romans 5:3-5)
15. “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.” — The Bible (Hebrews 11:1)
16. “I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth.” — The Bible (Psalm 121:1-2)
17. ““Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.” — The Bible (Matthew 11:28)
18. “I love you, Yahweh, my strength.” — The Bible (Psalm 18:1)

Biblical Courage

1. “But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.” — The Bible (1 Peter 5:10)
2. “Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.” — The Bible (Galatians 6:9)
3. “Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,” — The Bible (Hebrews 12:1)
4. “Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.” — The Bible (James 1:12)
5. “No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” — The Bible (Romans 8:37)
6. “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.” — The Bible (1 John 4:4)
7. ““I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.” — The Bible (Revelation 3:8)
8. “Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—” — The Bible (1 Peter 1:6-7)
9. “We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;” — The Bible (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)
10. “for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”” — The Bible (Deuteronomy 20:4)
11. “Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:” — The Bible (Psalm 144:1)

Leaders on Strength

1. “Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.” — Sarah Dessen
2. “Leaders must be willing to go first, take risks, and accept responsibility.” — Simon Sinek
3. “Great leaders are willing to make sacrifices for the greater good.” — John C. Maxwell
4. “What kind of man would live where there is no danger? I don’t believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished by not taking a chance at all.” — Charles Lindbergh
5. “To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.” — Sugar Ray Robinson
6. “You can’t measure success if you have never failed.” — Steffi Graf
7. “What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.” — Andre Agassi
8. “I just have to keep believing.” — Pete Sampras
9. “It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.” — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
10. “I know I’m going to have to make this vault. I know I can do it.” — Kerri Strug
11. “Somewhere behind the athlete you’ve become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back. Play for her.” — Mia Hamm
12. “Forget the haters. The people who are negative about you are threatened by your potential.” — Abby Wambach
13. “Dream big because dreams do happen.” — Alex Morgan
14. “You can’t win without guts.” — Megan Rapinoe
15. “Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.” — Bill Belichick
16. “One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.” — Knute Rockne
17. “The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.” — Red Auerbach
18. “Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. Great players want to be told the truth.” — Doc Rivers

Athletes on Strength

1. “The key is not the will to win. Everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.” — Brad Stevens
2. “Remember: Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.” — Rocky Balboa
3. “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” — Greg Kincaid
4. “My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.” — Steve McCurry
5. “If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere.” — Seamus Heaney
6. “Players don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” — Billy Donovan
7. “Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.” — Tony Dungy
8. “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing.” — Peyton Manning
9. “Separation is in the preparation.” — Russell Wilson
10. “Not bad for a running back.” — Lamar Jackson
11. “I had a purpose before anybody had an opinion.” — Jalen Hurts
12. “I put my identity in who I am as a person, not as a football player.” — Trevor Lawrence
13. “I woke up feeling dangerous.” — Baker Mayfield
14. “Faith, fight, finish.” — Dak Prescott
15. “Audience of one.” — Carson Wentz
16. “I’m a child of God first.” — C.J. Stroud
17. “Lead from the front.” — Theodore Roosevelt
18. “We derive courage from vulnerability.” — Brené Brown

Writers on Strength

1. “Be brave enough to suck at something new.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
2. “The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.” — David Sarnoff
3. “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I know I can.” — Watty Piper
4. “An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.” — Thomas Fuller
5. “Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.” — Zig Ziglar
6. “Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something.” — Margaret J. Wheatley
7. “Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth.” — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
8. “Stay strong, be brave, love hard and true, and you will have nothing to lose.” — Demi Lovato
9. “We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.” — Isabel Allende
10. “If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.” — T.S. Eliot
11. “What is strength without a double share of wisdom?” — John Milton
12. “Grief and resilience live together.” — Michelle Obama
13. “It’s not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
14. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” — Bernice Johnson Reagon
15. “The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same thing.” — Steve Maraboli
16. “It takes great courage to face danger when you are afraid.” — Mark Twain
17. “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” — Ronald Reagan
18. “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” — Toni Morrison

Never Give Up

1. “One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.” — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
2. “Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people.” — Barbara Bush
3. “It takes a village.” — Hillary Clinton
4. “God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” — Chester W. Nimitz
5. “Bravery is just determination to do the job right.” — Audie Murphy
6. “I’m a believer in the ordinary person and that the ordinary person can do extraordinary things.” — Alvin York
7. “Please, Lord, help me get one more.” — Desmond Doss
8. “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” — Eddie Rickenbacker
9. “It’s a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one’s safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.” — Alan Shepard
10. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” — Robert Oppenheimer
11. “If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.” — Murray Gell-Mann
12. “The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.” — Gordon Parks
13. “One doesn’t stop seeing. One doesn’t stop framing. It doesn’t turn off and turn on. It’s on all the time.” — Annie Leibovitz
14. “I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.” — Morgan Freeman
15. “A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.” — Tom Hanks
16. “To me, getting up in the morning and going through the day is a triumph.” — Hugh Jackman
17. “I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.” — Matt Damon
18. “What’s on the other side of fear? Nothing.” — Jamie Foxx

Strength of Character

1. “If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values: they’re hobbies.” — Jon Stewart
2. “The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.” — Dave Chappelle
3. “I think the best thing about being a comedian is that it’s the only job where you get paid to be yourself.” — Martin Short
4. “Change is such hard work.” — Billy Crystal
5. “You’re going to go through tough times, that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.” — Vince Vaughn
6. “Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it.” — Stephen Colbert
7. “We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited.” — Trevor Noah
8. “You are who you are when nobody’s watching.” — Stephen Fry
9. “Don’t feel stupid if you don’t like what everyone else pretends to love.” — Emma Watson
10. “Talent is an accident of genes, and a responsibility.” — Alan Rickman
11. “I think you’ve got to have your feet planted before you can take off.” — Judi Dench
12. “If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.” — Cate Blanchett
13. “I think the most important thing is to be yourself.” — Naomi Watts
14. “I’m a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it’s bad or good.” — Sandra Bullock
15. “There are no regrets in life. Just lessons.” — Jennifer Aniston
16. “I’m a big believer in the way of the universe.” — Courteney Cox
17. “I’m learning a lot about myself.” — Lisa Kudrow
18. “When I die, I know people will talk about Friends, Friends, Friends. And I’m glad about that, because I’ve done a lot of good work as an actor.” — Matthew Perry

Daily Strength

1. “I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent.” — Yann Martel
2. “Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.” — Rosalind Franklin
3. “I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.” — Dorothy Hodgkin
4. “Be strong. Don’t be a follower. Always do the right thing.” — Jennifer Lawrence
5. “I’m not afraid of failing.” — Alicia Vikander
6. “The art of losing isn’t hard to master.” — Elizabeth Bishop
7. “There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.” — Adrienne Rich
8. “There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them.” — Isabel Allende
9. “To be great, be whole.” — Fernando Pessoa
10. “Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important.” — Junko Tabei
11. “It goes, boys!” — Lynn Hill
12. “You have plenty of courage, I am sure. All you need is confidence in yourself.” — L. Frank Baum
13. “I am haunted by humans.” — Markus Zusak
14. “You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, but you do have some say in who hurts you.” — John Green
15. “Sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground, and start over.” — Celeste Ng
16. “You never have to ask anyone permission to lead. I want you to remember that.” — Kamala Harris
17. “Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.” — Jane Addams
18. “I am different, not less.” — Temple Grandin

Frequently Asked Questions

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