If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way. Erik Erikson
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight D. Eisenhower
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him. Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks. Phillips Brooks
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm. Beverly Sills
Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the “courage of their convictions. Coventry Patmore
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi
Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
And each man stand with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. Elbert Hubbard
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt
Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. Jonathan Swift
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas A. Edison