“It’s one of the secrets of strength: We’re so much more likely to find it in the service of others than in service to ourselves.” – David Levithan

“Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.” – Niccolo Machiavelli

“Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” – Plato

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.” – St. Francis De Sales

“You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.” – Publilius Syrus

“Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.” – Thomas Hardy

“Live strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don’t think you can, hold on.” – James Frey

“In a world as wrong as this one, all we can do is make things as right as we can.” – Barbara Kingsolver

“Between grief and nothing, I will take grief.” – William Faulkner

“In yourself right now is all the place you’ve got.” – Flannery O’Connor