People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. Anna Freud
Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigour and power of the mind, displaying itself from within. Ralph Cudworth
A fortress surrenders from within. Bulgarian Proverb
Teaching should come from within instead of without. Hopi Indian Proverb
The Stronghold is taken from within. Bulgarian Proverb