人無完人，天生我材必有用

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.

- Bob Dylan

It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

- Lillian Hellman

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but nonviolent man is unjust by accident.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

I would encourage us all, African Americans, Asians, Latinos, Whites, Native Americans to study history. I long for the time when all the human history is taught as one history. I am stronger because you are stronger. I am weaker if you are weak. So we are more alike than we are unlike. (source)

- Maya Angelou

It is the weak man who urges compromise -- never the strong man.

- Elbert Hubbard

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 done well.

- Vincent van Gogh

We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine.

- Mark Nepo

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

- Christopher Reeve

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

- Booker T. Washington

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

- Jim Rohn

People do not lack strength, they lack will.

- Victor Hugo

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

- Theodore Bikel

I worshipped dead men for their strength,
Forgetting I was strong.

- Vita Sackville-West

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

- Audre Lorde

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place in the unfolding of knowledge. It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us.

- Pearl S. Buck

If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

- Rachel Carson

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.

- Frances de Sales

The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak. The strength of a strong man is a prideful thing, but the unfortunate thing in life is that strong men do not remain strong. And it is just as true of unions and labor organizations as is true of men and individuals. And whereas today the craft unions of this country may be able to stand upon their own feet and like mighty oaks stand before the gale, defy the lightning, yet the day may come when those organizations will not be able to withstand the lightning and the gale. Now, prepare yourselves by making a contribution to your less fortunate brethren... Organize the unorganized!

- John L. Lewis

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur