Life can be tough. At times, we all need a little extra strength to get through the challenges we face. Whether you’re dealing with personal struggles or looking for comfort, prayer can offer solace and power.
Finding the right words to say in those moments can make a big difference. Here is a list of powerful prayers and quotes for strength. May they help you find the courage and resilience you need.
Finding Comfort Quotes
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.” – Paulo Coelho
“Sometimes the best way to find strength is to seek comfort in the small joys of life.” – Unknown
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” – Deepak Chopra
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
“God, grant me strength to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” – Serenity Prayer
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
“Sometimes, the most comforting words of strength come from within.” – Unknown
“Strength grows in the moments when you think you can’t go on but you keep going anyway.” – Unknown
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran
“The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley
“Let me seek comfort in knowing that my strength is the result of my prayers and struggles.” – Unknown
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joseph Kennedy
“Sometimes, you find strength in knowing that the softest whispers of comfort can hold the greatest power.” – Unknown
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.” – Saint Francis de Sales
“Strength isn’t about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path and living with the consequences.” – Jenny Trout
“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” – Kenji Miyazawa
Daily Encouragement Quotes
“The greater the storm, the brighter your rainbow.” — Unknown
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Courage, dear heart.” — C.S. Lewis
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” — Jean de La Bruyère
“Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.” — Sam Sundquist
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” — Robert H. Schuller
“The more you pray, the less you’ll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry.” — Max Lucado
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret.” — Unknown
“God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.” — John Aughey
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” — C.S. Lewis
“Stars can’t shine without darkness.” — D.H. Sidebottom
“Life is very interesting… some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.” — Drew Barrymore
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” — Susan Gale
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
“Trials are not reasons to give up, but a challenge to improve ourselves. Our pain is an opportunity to receive God’s blessings.” — Roderick L. Evans
“The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
“Your strength is not measured by the battles you win, but by the strength and courage you show in your struggles.” — Original Quote
“When you’re at the end of your rope, that’s when God whispers, ‘Hold on.'” — Original Quote
“In our darkest hours, it is prayer that stitches the pieces of our shattered hearts back together.” — Original Quote
Overcoming Challenges Quotes
- “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
- “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon
- “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
- “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
- “Sometimes, the hardest battles are the ones you fight within.” – Unknown
- “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” – Confucius
- “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow.” – Robert Tew
- “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “You don’t have to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.” – Unknown
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
- “The only way out is through.” – Robert Frost
- “Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill
- “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” – Seneca
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
- “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de La Bruyère
- “Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.” – Felicia Hemans
- “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward
- “Within you is the strength to meet life’s challenges.” – Unknown
Renewing Faith Quotes
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.” — Thomas Edison
“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead, you relax and float.” — Alan Watts
“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” — Elisabeth Elliot
“Our faith can move mountains.” — Matthew 17:20
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
“Sometimes you’ve got to jump off cliffs and grow wings on the way down.” — Ray Bradbury
“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” — Helen Keller
“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.” — Khalil Gibran
“Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” — Roy T. Bennett
“When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.” — John Bunyan
“Faith is like WiFi: It’s invisible, but it has the power to connect you to what you need.” — Unknown
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” — Oprah Winfrey
“Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking.” — Khalil Gibran
“Keep the faith. The most amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment you’re about to give up hope.” — Unknown
“Doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
“Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.” — C.S. Lewis
“Leap, and the net will appear.” — John Burroughs
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.” — Søren Kierkegaard
“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.” — Mahalia Jackson
“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.” — Corrie Ten Boom
“Sometimes, the only transportation you have is a leap of faith.” — Margaret Shepard
“Faith is the pierless bridge supporting what we see unto the scene that we do not.” — Emily Dickinson
“Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” — Elisabeth Elliot
Inner Peace Quotes
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” – Eckhart Tolle
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“In the stillness, I find my strength, and in the quiet, my soul is restored.” – Unknown
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” – Buddha
“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” – Caroline Myss
“The best fighter is never angry.” – Lao Tzu
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” – Rumi
“To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.” – Zen Proverb
“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” – Hermann Hesse
“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” – Dalai Lama
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” – James 5:16 (Bible)
“Sometimes, the most productive thing you can do is relax.” – Mark Black
“In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” – Isaiah 30:15 (Bible)
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.” – Carl Jung
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” – Ram Dass
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan Watts
“Sometimes, prayer doesn’t change the situation; it changes our attitude towards the situation.” – Unknown
“The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear.” – Prasad Mahes
“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.” – Rumi
“Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.” – Unknown
“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” – Amit Ray
“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph H. Blum
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
To Wrap Things Up
Finding strength through prayer can be deeply comforting during tough times. The quotes we have shared can serve as a guiding light, offering hope and inspiration when you need it the most. Whether you are facing personal challenges or looking to uplift a friend, these words of wisdom can help you find the courage to push forward.
Keep these quotes close to your heart. They are a reminder that strength often comes from within and that prayer can be a powerful tool to help you through any situation. Let these words inspire you and bring you peace as you navigate life’s ups and downs.
