strength – Coaching Confidence

The Quiet Strength of Valor

9 November 20259 November 2025 by Jen Waller

A warm sunrise over a vast field of red poppies stretching toward distant hills. The light glows softly through the mist, symbolising remembrance, courage, and peace. The quote reads: “Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul.” (Michel de Montaigne)

True valor lives quietly — in love that endures, compassion that continues, and courage that doesn’t need to shout to be real.
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True Comfort Is Strengthening Love

7 August 2025 by Jen Waller

Two wooden artist mannequins sit side-by-side on a thick book. One has its arm gently around the other in a gesture of care. Above them is the quote: "The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning with and strong – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort is not soft, weakening commiseration; it is true, strengthening love." (Amy Carmichael)

Comfort doesn’t have to be soft or soothing—it can be a quiet strength, already within you.
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

7 May 2024 by Jen Waller

A thick metal chain is stretched across the bottom of this image. Towards the right-hand side, one of those loops of metal forming the chain is shattered. The text reads: "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link" (proverb)

Today’s Quote Of The Day is: “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link” (proverb) Questions For Coaches: Bonus Questions: About Jen Waller Jen Waller is on a mission to support, nurture and encourage coaching skills and talents from non-coach to coach and beyond. As an experienced coach and trainer, Jen is happy … Read more

Coaching Quote of the Day 6th December 2014

6 December 2014 by Jen Waller

“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” (Anna Freud)

Coaching Quote of the Day 16th June 2014

16 June 2014 by Jen Waller

“You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.” (Henry David Thoreau)

Coaching Quote of the Day 28th February 2014

28 February 2014 by Jen Waller

“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” (Winston Churchill)

Coaching Quote of the Day 19th February 2014

19 February 2014 by Jen Waller

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.” (Corrie Ten Boom)

Coaching Quote of the Day 5th February 2014

5 February 2014 by Jen Waller

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)