335 Quotes About Strength-through-adversity

Choosing to do the right thing even when your heart is hurting is not being ‘fake’. It’s called being ‘strong’.

A queen - a queen who bowed to no one, a queen who had faced them all down and triumphed. A queen who owned her body, her life, her destiny, and never apologized for it.

You can sit in the corner and cry or you can go out and dance in the rain. Either way, the storm is coming.

You will know the limit of your strength when you fight for what you are afraid to lose. If you know what to be scared of, then you fight harder. Eventually, you learn how to win.

Separation changes the landscape of life. The strong develop cracks on the bends and twists along a rocky terrain. The entrance of newcomers and unexpected truths increase the necessity of commitment, as the old slips into the new…

In that moment, he stared down at Sara resting in his arms, clutched up against him so closely, face covered in tears, and he felt weak. She wasn't the coward, she wasn't running from her problems, she always had to face them, whether she wanted to or not, whether she felt she was able to or not. The note that he had written, that he brought to give her, its words meant more to him now than they had before. He wasn't the superhero, he wasn't the angel—she was.

Oftentimes, a person's greatest strength is understanding all of their weaknesses.

The mountains that we climb in our lives, sometimes more difficult to overcome than others, only serves to make us strong, courageous, and prepares us for the next adversity.

Men who cry are better men than those who do not cry.