Quotes About Strength

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.

Consider what God can do, and you will never despair of success.

We've done this before in other worlds, in other lives. It is our strength, law, medicine, entertainment, and computers, the networking of energy. All of these are arts.

Power is something that is not really visible. Some people have the power to rise above circumstance. Sociological factors and DNA are not all that determine success. It is power.

Jump high and hard with intention and heart.

Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak.

My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.

If we're going to conquer our opponents, we must first conquer our own fears.

Faith is indispensable for success. Faith is induced and strengthened by the instructions you give your subconscious mind.

it cost me more, but I have nothing to fear.

As for Porthos, I believe him to be eternal, like God, although less patient.

I have been so overwhelmed by the many storms that have broken over my head, that I am become passive in the hands of the Almighty, like a sparrow in the talons of an eagle.

Sir," suddenly exclaimed the countess, after their walk had continued ten minutes in silence, "is it true that you have seen so much, travelled so far, and suffered so deeply?" "I have suffered deeply, madame," answered Monte Cristo. "But now you are happy?" "Doubtless," replied the count, "since no one hears me complain.

jailer is no man to a prisoner - he is a living door, a barrier of flesh and blood adding strength to restraints of oak and iron.

Do not be deceived: I am suffering less, because I have less strength in me to suffer. At your age, you have faith in life; it is a privilege of youth to believe and to hope. But old men see death more clearly.

I have seen the heavens open, the sea rage and foam, the storm rise in a patch of sky and like a gigantic eagle beat the two horizons with its wings.

could you have so little strength that you take pride in displaying your sorrow

there is no nation but the French that can smile even in the face of grim Death himself.

And without waiting for the answer of the newcomer to this proof of affection, M. de Treville seized his right hand and pressed it with all his might, without perceiving that Athos, whatever might be his self-command, allowed a slight murmur of pain to escape him, and if possible, grew paler than he was before.

Let me struggle like a woman- my strength lies in my weakness. - Milady

God has preserved us hitherto, God will preserve us still.

We are judges of wounds, we old soldiers

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you.