“In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.”

“Beyond the very extremity of fatigue distress, amounts of ease and power that we never dreamed ourselves to own, sources of strength habitually not taxed at all, because habitually we never push through the obstruction”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

“Everyone has their own strengths. It just happens to be that in me, all these strengths are combined.”

Paavo Väyrynen (1946) Finnish politician

“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.”

Malcolm Gladwell (1963) journalist and science writer

“From my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.”

Jorge Luis Borges book Ficciones

“My books are friends that never fail me."

(; 17 March 1817)”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.”

P. C. Cast (1960) American writer

“God has always given me the strength to say what is right… I had the strength of God and my ancestors with me.”

Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist

“Who taught me true strength?
Who taught me kindness?
Whom do I walk for?
Who did I want to stroke my hair?
Who didn't give up for me?
I'll never forget.”

Ayumi Hamasaki (1978) Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress

“Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit, or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength.”

Martin Luther book On the Bondage of the Will