Fear and Courage

This file includes adventure and daring, bravery, caution, confidence, cowards, fear and courage, heroes, strength and power, toughness. Also see Success and Failure, Gratitude, Acceptance and That's Life.

Adventure and Daring

Quotes

Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient that fuels daring. (Grace Lichtenstein)
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. (G. K. Chesterton)
Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed. What kind of man would live where there is no daring? And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure? Is there a better way to die? (Charles Lindbergh Jr.)
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those scared and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. (Theodore Roosevelt)
For the truth is that I already know as much about my fate as I need to know. The day will come when I will die. So the only matter of consequence before me is what I will do with my allotted time. I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze. (Richard Bode)
GO FOR IT! Life is not a dress rehearsal.
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. (Diane Ackerman)
I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center. (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything. (Laurence Sterne)
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. (Helen Keller)
A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short. (Bertrand Russell)
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. (Andre Gide)
Sometimes you just have to take a leap and build your wings on the way down. (Kobi Yamada)
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. (Keshavan Nair)

Songs about Daring

Dare Me - The Pointer Sisters (1985)
Dare to Dream - Toni Brown (1999)
Dare to Dream Again - Phil Everly (1981)
Daredevil - Dale Hawkins (1957)
Don't You Dare - The Del-Tones (1965)
Double-Dog Dare Me - Charlie Rich (1966)
Double Double Dare - Hoyt Axton (1964)
For Those Who Dare - Greg Lake (1981)
Honey, I Dare You - Southern Pacific (1989)
I Dare You to Try - The Cascades (1964)
I Double Dare You - Jill Corey (1958)

Bravery

Quotes

The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. (Timothy Luce)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. (Mark Twain)
If God wanted us to be brave, why did He give us legs? (Marvin Kitman)
It's easy to be brave from a safe distance.
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. (Robert Anthony)
Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. (Mary Tyler Moore)
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. (Thomas Fuller)

Songs about Bravery

Brave Awakening - Terry Reid (1976)
Brave Heart - Tom Schuyler (1983)
Brave Margot - Ray Bloch Orchestra (1956)
Brave Soul - Sixwire (2002)
Bravery of Being Out of Range, The - Roger Waters (1992)
Bravest, The - Tom Paxton (2002)
Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer - Eddy Arnold (1956)
Home of the Brave - Jody Miller (1965)
My Brave Face - Paul McCartney (1989)

Caution

Quotes

The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. (Timothy Luce)
Caution is a most valuable asset in fishing, especially if you are the fish.
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom. (Victor Hugo)
Distrust and caution are the parents of security. (Benjamin Franklin)
Idealists...foolish enough to throw caution to the winds...have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. (Emma Goldman)
It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution. (Alvin Toffler)
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. (Bertrand Russell)
Confident because of our caution. (Epictetus)
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
The scars of others should teach us caution. (Saint Jerome)
Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. (Gary Ryan Blair)

The Cautious Man

(author unknown)

There was a very cautious man
Who never laughed or played.
He never risked, he never tried,
He never sang or prayed.

And when he one day passed away,
His insurance was denied.
For since he never really lived,
They claimed he never died.

Confidence

Quotes

Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. (Peter T. McIntyre)
Confident because of our caution. (Epictetus)
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined. (Henry David Thoreau.)
If you can eat alone at a table for two, you can do anything.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I've lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. (Rosalynn Carter)

Songs about Confidence

Being Confident - Tiffany Savage (2008)
Confident - John Reuben (2009)
Confident But Wrong - War Horse (2001)
Confident Heart - Crystal Cooper (2008)
I'm Confident - Ryan Daniel (2008)
Strong and Confident Woman - Paul Barnes (2000)

Cowards

Quotes

Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed. What kind of man would live where there is no daring? And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure? Is there a better way to die? (Charles Lindbergh Jr.)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. (Mark Twain)
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. (William Shakespeare)
It is better to be a coward for one minute than dead the rest of your life.
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. (Dolores Ibarruri)
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. (Robert Anthony)

Songs about Cowards

Coward of the Alamo - Don Bowman (1961)
Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers (1979)
Coward Who Won the West, The - Larry Verne (1962)
Universal Coward - Jan Berry (1965)

Quotes

Adversity introduces a man to himself.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. (Anais Nin)
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile...initially scared me to death. (Betty Bender)
Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror. (Aesop)
The best way out is always through. (Robert Frost)
The brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all. (Timothy Luce)
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. (Mary Anne Radmacher)
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. (Eddie Rickenbacher)
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. (George S. Patton)
Courage is knowing it might hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. (Ambrose Redmoon)
Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. (Alice Mackenzie Swaim)
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear. Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave. (Mark Twain)
Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway. (Robert Anthony)
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. (Winston Churchill)
Courage often consists as much in refraining to do, as in doing. (Farmers Almanac)
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. (William Shakespeare)
Creativity takes courage! (Henry Matisse)
Dawn begins at midnight.
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.
Do the thing you are afraid to do and the death of fear is certain. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so. (Belva Davis)
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. Just don't break a limb doing it!
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. (David Lloyd George)
Don't die until you're dead.
Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, the fork years behind, how many have thought to pull up on the shoulder and leave the car empty, strike out across the fields; and how many are still mazed among dock and thistle, seeking the road they should have taken? (Damon Knight, The Man in the Tree)
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. (Mary C. Crowley)
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Face the thing you fear, and you do away with that fear.
Faith is courage; it is creative. Despair is always destructive. (David S. Muzzey)
Fate whispers to the warrior "You cannot withstand the storm". The warrior whispers back "I am the storm".
Fear does not stop death, it stops life. And worrying does not stop tomorrow's problems, it takes away today's peace.
Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows out of the things we are, and lives in our hearts. (Garrison, Barbara)
Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual--and the soul of a people. (Anwar el-Sadat)
Fear is nothing but the anticipation of pain, be it physical, mental, spiritual or emotional.
Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from. (Peter McWilliams)
A good way to deal with predators is to taste terrible.
Great love and great achievements involve great risk.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. (Aesop)
He who doesn't fear death dies only once. (Giovanni Falcone)
He who takes a stand is often wrong, but he who fails to take a stand is always wrong.
I hate when it's dark and my brain is like "hey, you know what we haven't thought about in a while ... monsters."
I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares.
I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams. (Jonas Salk)
I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. (Alanis Morissette)
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. (Larry McMurty)
I'm not afraid of the dark...it's the stuff in the dark that I'm scared of!
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. (Albert Camus)
It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had enough individuality and courage to stand by his own convictions. (Robert G. Ingersoll)
It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged. (Edward W. Ziegler)
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. (Alfred Adler)
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. (Epictetus)
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. (E.E. Cummings)
It's always darkest right before the dawn.
It's better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction. (Diane Grant)
It's going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after they inherit it. (Kin Hubbard)
Let not the mistakes of yesterday--nor the fears of tomorrow--spoil our today.
Life expands or contracts in direct proportion to one's courage. (Anais Nin)
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror.
Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. (Marianne Williamson)
Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. (Zen Proverb)
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau)
The meek will inherit the earth...they won't have the nerve to turn it down.
No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
One Man with courage is a Majority. (Andrew Jackson)
The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. (Robert Anthony)
Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. (Walter Andersen)
Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. (Mary Tyler Moore)
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel change, grow or live... (William Arthur Ward)
A ship in harbor is safe--but that is not what ships are for. (John A. Shedd)
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms, you would not see the beauty of their carvings. (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross)
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. (Thomas Fuller)
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. (Henry Van Dyke)
Some people take great pride in stepping out of their comfort zone. But that isn't something all of us enjoy. There is no need to step out of your comfort zone unless there's somewhere out there you want to be or something out there you need. (Denny)
Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. (Nelson DeMille)
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. (Seneca)
Stand up for what you believe in, even if you have to stand alone!
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. (Andre Gide)
There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. (Frederick W. Cropp)
There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take. (Peter Drucker)
Those people who tried to bury you didn't know you were a seed.
Those who have loved the stars are never fearful of the night.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light. I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. (Sarah Williams)
To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for not everything can be untied. (Henri Frederic Amiel)
To him who is in fear everything rustles. (Sophocles)
Try to believe that if you take the leap you'll be taught how to fly.
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. (David Sarnoff)
We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails.
We don't walk away to teach people a lesson. We walk away because we finally learned ours.
We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over. (Aneurin Bevan)
What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy. (William Butler Yeats)
What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible. (Theodore Roethke)
When it comes time to die...make sure all you have to do is die.
When it's dark enough, you can see the stars. (Charles A. Beard)
When life shuts a door...open it again. It's a door. That's how they work.
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. (Mark Rutherford)
Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act. (Talmud)
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. (Keshavan Nair)
Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning.
You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. (Mary Manin Morrissey)
You can keep going long after you think you can't.
You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. (Gene Mauch)
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. (Jon Kabat Zinn)
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I've lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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Strength and Courage

It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubts.

It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to share a friend's pain,
It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pain,
It takes courage to show it and deal with it.

It takes strength to stand guard,
It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to endure abuses,
It takes courage to stop them.

It takes strength to stand alone,
It takes courage to lean on a friend.

It takes strength to love,
It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive,
It takes courage to live.

Songs about Courage

Bottle of Courage - Steve Key (2003)
Courage - Glen Phillips (2007)
Courage Against the Rage - Distant Dream (2005)
Courage and Grace - Brad Henty and Bradford Station (2008)
Courage for a Rainy Day - Rick Barry (2006)
Courage, Love and Grace - Pete Morton (1997)
Courage to Change - Susan Lainey (2006)
Courage to Dance - Uncommon Promise (2004)
Courage to Dream - - Nita Whitaker (2007)
Courage to Fly - Stephen Patterson (2005)
Courage to Love - Carla Tower (2004)
Courage to Say Goodbye - Diane Gentes (2007)
Courage Under Fire - Gregg Thomas (2002)
Courage Within - The Mind's Eye (2002)
Have Courage, Be Careful - The Spokesmen (1965)
Liquid Courage - Laura Blackley Band (2002)
Tennessee Courage - Keith Whitley (1989)
Where Will I Get the Courage? - Willie Sterba (2008)

Songs about Fear

Afraid - Gene Woods (1960)
Afraid I'll Want to Love Her One More Time - B. Craddock (1972)
Afraid of Love - Garry Miles (1960)
Afraid to Dream - Davidson/Jones (2007)
Afraid to Go - Buddy Cagle (1964)
Ain't You Afraid? - Roy Hall (1950)
Are You Afraid to Remember Me? - The Carter Sisters (1954)
Don't Be Afraid, Little Darlin' - Steve Lawrence (1963)
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult (1976)
Don't Frighten Me - Sniff 'n' the Tears (2000)
Fear Country - T-Bone Burnett (2006)
Fear of a Broken Heart - Paul Jefferson (1996)
Fear of Being Alone, The - Reba McEntire (1996)
Fear of Falling - Gregg Allman (1990)
Fearless - Jennifer Day (2000)
Freedom Frightens Me - Peter Kovacs (2008)
Hard Times Don't Scare Me None - Gamble Rogers (1986)
I Only Know it Frightens Me - The Toocans (2007)
I Will Fear No Evil - Robert Ward (1967)
I'm Afraid - Laurie London (1960)
I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over - Tommy Charles (1957)
I'm Afraid to Say I Love You - Mike Clifford (1959)
I'm Afraid You'll Never Know - Gerry Granahan (1958)
I'm Not Afraid Anymore - Gloria Lynne (1961)
I'm Scared - Burton Cummings (1977)
I'm So Afraid - Ray Sanders (1958)
I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again - J.D. Crowe and Band (1999)
It Scares Me - Ferlin Husky (1962)
Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark - Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner (1968)
Kin to Fear - Planet Paul Carter (2006)
Livin' in Fear - The Bagdads (1968)
Living in Fear - Eric Burdon (1988)
No More Fear of Flying - Gary Brooker (1979)
Oh, So Afraid - Esco Hankins and Jackie (1961)
Raging River of Fear - Captain Beyond (1972)
Real Fright - Iron Butterfly (2007)
Really Scary - Jeff Lorber (1984)
Running Scared - Roy Orbison (1961)
Scaredy Cat - Ronnie Sessions (1967)
Scary Old World - G. Middleman and R. Foster (2003)
Solitude and Fear - Neon Synthesis (2006)
Stage Fright - Rick Danko (1997)
That Scares Me - Van Zant (2007)
Things That Scare Me - Neko Case (2002)
What a Fright - Ernie K-Doe (2006)
When God-fearing Women Get the Blues - Martina McBride (2001)
Who's Afraid? - Tony Martin (1966)

Heroes

Quotes about Heroes

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. (Franklin P. Jones)
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. (Joseph Campbell)
Heroes are the people who do what has to be done regardless of the consequences.
It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward. (Dolores Ibarruri)
A martyr is a hero that didn't survive.
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. (Philip K. Dick)
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. (Theodore H. White)

Songs about Heroes

1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero - Bobby Russell (1968)
All the Unsung Heroes - Lane Brody and Collin Raye (2002)
Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods (1974)
Don't Wait for Heroes - Dennis DeYoung (1984)
Fallen Hero - Larry Willis (2003)
He Thinks He's a Hero - The Happenings (1966)
Hell is Full of Heroes - Steve Walsh (2005)
Hero - Chad Kroeger (2002)
Hero, The - Lee Dresser (1983)
Heroes - Paul Overstreet (1991)
Heroes and Friends - Randy Travis (1991)
Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys (1967)
High-Ridin' Heroes - David Lynn Jones and Waylon Jennings (1988)
Highway is for Heroes, The - Jesse Colin Young (1987)
Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler (1984)
Honky-Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings (1973)
I Know I'm Not Your Hero Anymore - Ronny Robbins (1979)
I Wanna Be Your Hero - Clarence Clemmons (1985)
International Heroes - Kim Fowley (1973)
Little Did She Know She'd Kissed a Hero - Gabbie Nolen (2002)
My Hero - The Impalas (1982)
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys - Grady Martin (1980)
No More Heroes - Grace Slick (1981)
Once He Was a Hero - Tim Rose (2002)
Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes - Rod McKuen (1971)
Somebody's Hero - Jamie O'Neal (2005)
Too Late the Hero - John Entwistle (1981)
Unsung Heroes - D.J. Fontana and Scotty Moore (1997)
Vanishing Heroes - Randy Bachman (1993)
We Don't Need Another Hero - Tina Turner (1985)
Where Are the Heroes? - Rex Allen, Jr. (1982)
Where Have All Our Heroes Gone? - Bill Anderson (1970)
Working-Class Hero - Green Day (2007)

Strength and Power

Quotes

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. (Helen Keller)
Lord grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change things I can and the friends to post my bail when I finally snap.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. (Ralph W. Sockman)
Sometimes holding on makes you stronger; sometimes it's letting go.
Strong people break, too. We just do it quietly, rebuild and keep it moving. (Andrew Hager)
We all have the strength to endure the misfortunes of others. (La Rochefoucauld)
When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger. (Mark Rutherford)
When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes. (Joseph Campbell)
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. (Keshavan Nair)
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I've lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." You must do the thing you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

from Excavating Your Authentic Self

(Sarah Ban Breathnach)

I wish I'd known from the beginning that I was born a strong woman.
What a difference it would have made!
I wish I'd known that I was born a courageous woman;
I've spent so much of my life cowering . . .
I wish I'd known that I'd been born to take on the world;
I wouldn't have run from it for so long,
but run to it with open arms.

Songs about Strength

62 Year Old Still Going Strong - Dellie Hoskie (2010)
Coming on Strong - Brenda Lee (1966)
Cup of Strong Tea, A - Laura Huemer (2000)
Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong - Albert King (1961)
Every Ounce of Strength - Carla Thomas (1965)
Four Strong Winds - Neil Young (1978)
I Believe There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love - Paul Anka (1975)
I Didn't Know My Own Strength - Lorrie Morgan (1995)
I Don't Want to Be That Strong - Tim Mensy (2002)
I'm Gonna Be Strong - Gene Pitney (1964)
I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No - Blackhawk (1995)
I'm Strong, But I Like Roses - Rod McKuen (1965)
I've Got to Be Strong - Doris Troy (1970)
It Would Take a Strong, Strong Man - Rick Astley (1988)
Love a Little Stronger - Diamond Rio (1994)
Love Don't Come No Stronger - Martha Reeves (1978)
Love is Strong - Paul Overstreet (1992)
Love is Stronger Than Pride - Greg Cook (1996)
My Love is Getting Stronger - Cliff Nobles (1966)
My Strongest Weakness - Wynonna Judd (1992)
My Weakness is Too Strong - The Time Jumpers (2007)
Nothing is Stronger Than True Love - Wooten Brothers (1993
Old Weakness Coming on Strong - Delbert McClinton (1997)
Only the Strong Survive - Gary Richrath (1992)
Refuge and Strength - Craig Bickhardt (2004)
Strength in Solitude - Panic (2006)
Strength of My Life - Russ Taff and Leslie Phillips (1984)
Strength of Strings - Gene Clark (1974)
Strong and Lasting Kind - Rory Block (1976)
Strong Enough to Be My Man - Sheryl Crow (1995)
Strong Enough to Be Your Man - Travis Tritt (2002)
Strong Enough to Bend - Tanya Tucker (1988)
Strong Heart - T.G. Sheppard (1986)
Strong Mug of Tea - Mike Coyle (2003)
Strong Suspicion - Curtis Salgado (2004)
Strong Weakness - The Bellamy Brothers (1983)
Stronger Hand to Hold, A - Diana Trask (1970)
Stronger Than Before - Carole Bayer Sager (1981)
Stronger Than Love - James Carr (1968)
That's How Strong My Love is - Buddy Miller (1997)
That's How Strong My Weakness is - Tony Toliver (1991)
Tower of Strength - Sue Richards (1975)
Two Strong Hearts - John Farnham (1988)
We've Been Strong Long Enough - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty (1981)
You Don't Have to Be a Tower of Strength - Gloria Lynne (1961)
You're Stronger Than Me - Patsy Cline (1962)
Young Love, Strong Love - The Judds (1988)

Songs about Power

5th Power, The - Lester Bowie (1978)
Atomic Power - The Buchanan Brothers (1946)
Fight the Power - The Isley Brothers (1975)
He's Got the Power - The Exciters (1963)
High Above the Power Lines - John Cowan (2000)
Horse Power - Chris LeDoux (2003)
I'm in Your Power - Buddy Johnson Band (1951)
Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (1968)
Love Power - Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne (1987)
Pistols of Power - Walter Egan (2000)
Piston Power - Micky Dolenz (1998)
Power and the Glory, The - Phil Ochs (1964)
Power in Love - Lucille Starr (1981)
Power of Gold, The - Dan Fogelberg (1978)
Power of Kindness, The - Diane Rose (2005)
Power of Love, The - Matthews, Wright and King (1992)
Power of Positive Drinking, The - Mickey Gilley (1978)
Power to the People - John Lennon (1971)
Powerful Stuff - Kate Russell (2006)
Powerhouse - Raymond Scott Orchestra (1944)
There's a Higher Power - Buddy Miller (2004)
To the Flower Power - Victor Lundberg (1967)
You're the Power - Kathy Mattea (1987)

Toughness

Quotes

If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough! (Shel Silverstein)
If you think you have it tough, read history books. (Bill Maher)
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. (Bill Gates)
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. (Wilson Mizner)
Life is tough, but I'm tougher.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. (John Wayne)
Things may be tough now . . . but you're tougher.
Tough times never last, but tough people do. (Robert H. Schuller)
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you. (Zig Ziglar)

Songs about Toughness

Get Tough - Jimmy McCracklin (1958)
Hang Tuff - The Crawlers (1992)
She's So Tough - Mink DeVille (1977)
Tender and Tough - Rick Schell (2004)
Things Are Tough All Over - Shelby Lynne (1990)
Tough - Craig Morgan (2007)
Tough Enough - Dawnchaser (2008)
Tough Kid - Mitch Ryder (1978)
Tough Little Boys - Gary Allan (2004)
Tough Little Buggy - The Newbeats (1964)
Tough Luck - The Wilkinsons (2001)
Tough Top Cat - Marvin Rainwater (1962)
Tough Times - Muddy Waters (1962)
Tougher Than Nails - Joe Diffie (2004)
Tougher Than the Rest - Chris LeDoux (1993)
Tuff - Ace Cannon (1962)
Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1986)
Tuffer Than Tuff - Ace Cannon (1973)
You Ain't Tuff - The Uniques (1966)
You're (Almost) Tuff - Roy Head (1966)