Strength Quotes

And Quotes About Honesty

Here is a list of strength quotes to remind you of the strength and power that comes from being true to yourself and honest with others.

There is no reason to be ashamed of what you want or what is important to you.  The world wants your truth.  You are as you are and I hope that these strength quotes remind you that really the only thing worth being in life is integral with your inner guidance and conscience.

• If you have integrity, nothing else matters.  If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. Alan Simpson.

• Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the Truth.  Benjamin Disraeli.

• A half Truth is a whole lie. Yiddish Proverb.

• Strength is a matter of a made up mind. John Beecher.

• As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. Josh Billings.

• Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde.

• When in doubt, tell the Truth. Mark Twain.

• Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.  August Wilson.

• Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength. Ralph Sockman.

• With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back.  Russian proverb.

• It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more ‘manhood’ to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.  Alex Karras.
• There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.  French Proverb.

• The Truth is more important than the facts. Frank Lloyd Wright.

• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson.

• Truth and Honesty is the oldest and most powerful of all of the human values.  Gary King.

• Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste. Mark Van Doren.

• Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi.

• Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.  Albert Einstein.

• What you get in your life is not a result of what you want, it is a result of Who You Are. Marlon Smith.

• To thine own self be true. William Shakespeare.

• To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves.  Will Durant.