Quotes about Strength

man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

Nietzsche, "He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.

Whenever there was an opportunity for it, one had to give them a why—an aim—for their lives, in order to strengthen them to bear the terrible how of their existence.

for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer. Only

even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by so doing change himself

There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.

What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you

As we said before, any attempt to restore a man's inner strength in the camp had first to succeed in showing him some future goal. Nietzsche's words, "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how," could be the guiding motto for all psychotherapeutic and psychohygienic efforts regarding prisoners.

No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.

I said that someone looks down on each of us in difficult hours — a friend, a wife, somebody alive or dead, or a God — and he would not expect us to disappoint him. He would hope to find us suffering proudly — not miserably — knowing how to die.

suffer unnecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.

inner strength in the camp had first to succeed in showing him some future goal. Nietzsche's words, "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how," could be the guiding mott