Motivational Quotes on Strength

 

Have the Courage to Carry On

 

Let’s face it, life can be hard. Just when you are sitting there minding your own business, pow, a crisis can come your way.

 

Whether it is work, differences amongst family and friends, bad relationships, financial struggles, or just a bad day, sometimes it can be overwhelming and hard to deal with.

Although what seems like a tough time while it’s happening, it is also a way to help you find the strength you never knew was within. Let these quotes on strength help you feel the motivation to carry on.

Hang On

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. "

Never Give Up

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

It's Just the Beginning

"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Make the Goal

"Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal."

Pick Up the Pieces

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

Don't Allow Yourself to Suffer

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

It's Not the End

"A bend in the road is not the end of the road...unless you fail to make the turn."

The Strength to Overcome

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

Appreciate What You Have

"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known."

Prepare for Your Journey

"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.”

“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.”

“Confidence comes 
not from always 
being right, but 
from not fearing 
to be wrong.”

“You’re not as breakable as you think.”

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”



“Are you listening, or waiting to speak?”

“The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent.’”

“The beeping noise from a microwave is always 100 times louder at night.”

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

“Attitudes are contagious. Are yours worth catching?”

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“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“Do not forget small kindnesses and do not remember small faults.”


“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”


“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”


“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”


 

quotes for CNAs

Where would hospitals and facilities be without the tireless, important work of the certified nursing assistants? Sometimes, the job is tough and thankless, but the CNA is the backbone that makes everyone else’s job a little easier. In honor CNAs, here are some inspirational quotes that speak to the job they do!


“It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing.”


“The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.”


“They may forget your name, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”


“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.”


“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.


“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief…and unspeakable love.”


“Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.


“Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.”


“Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.”


“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”


“Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.” —


“A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.”


“Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.”


“Nurses may not be angels, but they are the next best thing.”


“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.”


“Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” —


“Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death.”


“When I first started working in long-term care after I’d been in a hospital setting, I bet I went home crying every night for six weeks because I said this just isn’t what I like. But the more I stayed, the more I understood it’s a different kind of nursing… We’re all going to die—that’s a part of life. Just when and how, we don’t know.”


“…[A]lthough the days are busy and the workload is always growing, there are still those special moments when someone says or does something and you know you’ve made a difference in someone’s life. That’s why I became a nurse.”


“To do what nobody else will do, in a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through, is to be a nurse.” —