50 Quotes About Strength

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, Fear not, I am the one who helps you.

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

So we can confidently say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Do not strive in your own strength; cast yourself at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and wait upon Him in the sure confidence that He is with you, and works in you. Strive in prayer; let faith fill your heart-so will you be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

It is possible for you to do all things through Christ strengthening you, even to overleap the highest walls, to break bows of steel in pieces, and wade through the deepest fords in your way.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Do not work so hard for Christ that you have no strength to pray, for prayer requires strength.

Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"

The remedy for discouragement is the Word of God. When you feed your heart and mind with its truth, you regain your perspective and find renewed strength.

Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

You become stronger only when you become weaker. When you surrender your will to God, you discover the resources to do what God requires.

Only he who can say, "The Lord is the strength of my life" can say, "Of whom shall I be afraid?"

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

It is the consciousness of the threefold joy of the Lord, His joy in ransoming us, His joy in dwelling within us as our Saviour and Power for fruitbearing and His joy in possessing us, as His Bride and His delight; it is the consciousness of this joy which is our real strength. Our joy in Him may be a fluctuating thing: His joy in us knows no change.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

There will be no "knights in shining armor" in God's kingdom; our armor will have many dings and dents. No, no perfect Hollywood heroes will ride to save the day; just wearied saints to look to God and, in weakness, find Christ's strength. This, indeed, is the essence of God's kingdom: divine greatness manifest in common people.

A holy act strengthens the inward holiness. It is a seed of life growing into more life.

The strength of a man consists in finding out the way in which God is going, and going in that way too.

God never gives us anything to do that He does not give us the strength to do.

He gives us the strength to move forward even though we feel weak.

You don't get strength for the load; you get strength from the load.

When God wants to move a mountain, he does not take a bar of iron, but he takes a little worm. The fact is, we have too much strength. We are not weak enough. It is not our strength that we want. One drop of God's strength is worth more than all the world.

If we are whimpering, and sniveling, and begging to be spared the discipline of life that is sent to knock some smatterings of manhood into us, the answer to that prayer may never come at all. Thank God! If you are not bleating to get off, but asking to be given grace and strength to see this through with honor, "The very day" you pray that prayer, the answer always comes.

We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God.

You know God gives me that inner strength that super strength to get through things.

The woman who trusts God as her strength desires to be both theologically sound and practically adept.

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.

She can find peace in the midst of a hard marriage when she turns to God for strength, wisdom, and the ability to overcome.

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

Life is a journey, not a home; a road, not a city of habitation; and the enjoyments and blessings we have are but little inns on the roadside of life, where we may be refreshed for a moment, that we may with new strength press on to the end - to the rest that remaineth for the people of God.

If we are whimpering, and sniveling, and begging to be spared the discipline of life that is sent to knock some smatterings of manhood into us, the answer to that prayer may never come at all. Thank God! If you are not bleating to get off, but asking to be given grace and strength to see this through with honor, "The very day" you pray that prayer, the answer always comes.

If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

So many times we say that we can't serve God because we aren't whatever is needed. We're not talented enough or smart enough or whatever. But if you are in covenant with Jesus Christ, He is responsible for covering your weaknesses, for being your strength. He will give you His abilities for your disabilities!

He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.

God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute.

Think of the guilt of sin, that you may be humbled. Think of the power of sin, that you may seek strength against it. Think not of the matter of sin...lest you be more and more entangled.

I am mended by my sickness, enriched by my poverty, and strengthened by my weakness.

I am mended by my sickness, enriched by my poverty, and strengthened by my weakness.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.