You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are.
Maya Angelou
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
Walt Disney
Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then eat just one of the pieces.
Judith Viorst
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius
Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.
Blanka Vlasic
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I think I was born strong-willed. That’s not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.
Joan Jett