What characteristics make up inner strength?

Question

What characteristics make up inner strength?

Answer 1

Honesty; Self-Knowledge (knowing yourself); Integrity (not always the same as Honesty); Discipline (being able to put your own wants aside to help others); Serenity (do you get angry easily, or do you "shrug it off"?).

This is not a complete list of the characteristics found in those with true Inner Strength, but it is a good start for those who wish to find their own Inner Strength. Do a search on "Bushido", "Zen" (and many other Philosophical practices) and any/all of the World Religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, etc) for more information and details.

Interesting thing about all the World Religions -- they all emphasize the need for Inner Strength. Yet to find true Inner Strength, a person does not always need Religion.

Answer 2

i think the best way to make up our inner strength is to be honest... especially honest to yourself, then you can be honest for everything else.

Answer 3

Humility, respect, hope, compassion, understanding, courage, wisdom, honesty, security, spiritual awareness....

Answer 4

honesty, steadfastness, patience, endurance, politeness, inner strength, strong psychological structures.

Answer 5

Courage, self-awareness, self-belief ... maybe single-mindedness.

Actually, if you have 'self-belief' every thing else will fall into place and if it doesn't then it won't matter cos you're a survivor.

I wanted to say 'honesty' but I've known some successful people I wouldn't p**s on if they were on fire.

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