Strength & Courage

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

“You are meant to be human beings, not hothouse plants which through one-sided cultivation succumb to the first puff of wind!”

“As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.”

“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”

“The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest.”

“Then for you they will be like the keenest sword in your hand, with which you can slay all Darkness if you but will.”

“The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.”

“But those who wait for the LORD 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.”

“He who wavers and falls, he who cannot keep himself upright therein, will be dragged along, because the machinery does not halt for his sake even for a single second.”

“If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.”

“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.”

“With that gentleness I can be bold.”

“And to be able to stand upright again demands increased exertion, and still more effort is needed to find the necessary balance again.”

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

“The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?”

“Self is the lord of self, who else could be the lord? With self well subdued, a man finds a lord such as few can find.”

“The power of good volition forms a circle around you capable of disintegrating the evil pressing upon you, or at least of greatly modifying it, exactly as the atmosphere also protects the earth.”

“Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid. Don't be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

“If you guide the Power of God to the good, it remains undimmed in its original purity and thereby develops a much greater force, whereas with the dimming into the impure a weakening takes place at the same time.”

“Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

“He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.”

“For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.”

“Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in the LORD.”

“Awake, and present a fighting front to all Darkness, then you will also be given strength to help you.”

“Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!”

“With the pride that becomes every child of God fearlessly face every man!”

“When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.”

“He who lives without looking for pleasures, his senses well controlled, moderate in his food, faithful and strong, him Mara will certainly not overthrow, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.”

“The perception of what is small is (the secret of) clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.”

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”

“One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.”

“A laurel wreath to all those who had the courage to refrain from joining the masses!”

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.”

“The strong one pursues his path unswervingly and unerringly amid all dangers.”

“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”

“One's own self conquered is better than all other people; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahman could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished himself, and always lives under restraint.”

“The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong.”

“He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.”

“For every good person needs an impetus here and there, and a force from outside, in order to be strengthened.”

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.”

“There is nothing that is great or sublime which has not in the beginning incurred the enmity of mankind.”

“Mules are good, if tamed, and noble Sindhu horses, and elephants with large tusks; but he who tames himself is better still.”

“That you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person.”

“But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.”

“An arm can only grow strong if it is constantly exercised! If there is any relaxation in this respect it must weaken. And so it is with every body and every spirit!”

“Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.”

“The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.”

“And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.”

“Onward, only onward, proceeding with all his strength! To remain stationary means to stay behind.”

“GOD, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer's feet, and enables me to go in high places.”

“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.”

“As soon as you have resolved to escape from the collapsing Darkness which embraces you firmly and pulls you down into the depths, there already comes like a flash with this resolution a Ray of Light and of strength to help you!”

“There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it.”

“Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.”

“They lead a tamed elephant to battle, the king mounts a tamed elephant; the tamed is the best among men, he who silently endures abuse.”

“Man must not forget that in a prayer he actually only has to obtain the strength to enable him to bring into being himself what he asks for!”

“In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.”