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What does not kill me makes me stronger (German: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker ) is part of aphorism number 8 from the "Maxims and Arrows" section of
Friedrich Nietzsche 's
Twilight of the Idols (1888).
It is quoted or alluded to by many other works, with minor variants in wording:
Music
Albums
If It Don't Kill You, It Just Makes You Stronger , a 1989 album by Bruce Willis
What Doesn't Kill You... (Candiria album) , 2004
Ono što te ne ubije, to te osakati ('The thing that does not kill you, makes you stultified'), a 2004 album by Goribor
What Doesn't Kill You... (Blue Cheer album) , 2007
What Doesn't Kill Us , a 2008 album by What Made Milwaukee Famous
What Doesn't Kill Me... (Ektomorf album) , 2009
What Doesn't Kill Me... (Young Sid album) , a 2010 album by Young Sid
What Doesn't Kill You, Eventually Kills You , a 2011 album by Gay for Johnny Depp
Songs (including notable lyrics)
"O,ti De Skotonei" ("Ό,τι δε σε σκοτώνει"), a 1991 song by
Nikos Portokaloglou on the album Siko Psychi mou, Siko Chorepse
"Stronger" (Kanye West song) , a 2007 song ("...that that don't kill me / can only make me stronger")
"What Doesn't Kill You", a 2009 song by Takida on the album
...Make You Breathe
"
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) ", a 2011 song by Kelly Clarkson, originally titled "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)")
"What Doesn't Kill You" (Jake Bugg song) , a 2013 song by Jake Bugg
"Not Gonna Die", a 2013 song by Skillet from the album
Rise ("What doesn't kill me makes me stronger")
"Doesn't Kill You", a 2016 song by The Anchoress on the album
Confessions of a Romance Novelist
"You Ain't Ready", a 2019 song by Skillet from the album
Victorious ("What doesn't kill me makes me who I am")
"Only God Can Judge Me", a 1996 song by 2Pac on the album
All Eyez On Me
"What Doesn't Kill Me", a 2021 song by Kacey Musgraves on the album
Star-Crossed
"Memento Mori: The Most Important Thing the World", a 2020 song by Will Wood from
The Normal Album
"Crown On My Head (YEJI)", a 2024 song by
Hwang Ye-ji , member of the K-pop girl group
ITZY , on the album
Born to Be (Itzy album)
Other uses
Topics referred to by the same term