Legends and idols have been created as a result of the transformation from weak to strong and most of the time, it’s not from physical factors, but from mental strength. A strong mind can overcome physical barriers and push through boundaries that keeps the weak minded down.
Here are top 30 strength quotes to keep you motivated.
1 “Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
2 “I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
3 “It’s simple, if it jiggles, it’s fat.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
4 “I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.” – Sylvester Stallone
5 “That’s what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.” – Sylvester Stallone
6 “It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.” – Max Beerbohm
7 “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee
8 “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” – Bruce Lee
9 “I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.” – Oriana Fallaci
10 “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi
11 “Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.” – William Shakespeare
12 “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.” – Michael Jordon
13 “I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.” – Rocky Marciano
14 “Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill
15 “When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.” – Mahatma Gandhi
16 “We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
17 “I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
18 “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu
19 “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
20 “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” – Oprah Winfrey
21 “Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.” – Plato
22 “If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” – Bruce Lee
23 “A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.” – Wayne Dyer
24 “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity” – John F. Kennedy
25 “Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security” – John F. Kennedy
26 “The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.” – Karl Marx
27 “When every physical and mental resources is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.” – Norman Vincent Peale
28 “The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.” – Deepak Chopra
29 “It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
30 “Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.” – Bobby Knight
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