Quotes About Strength

Being brave doesn't mean you're never afraid. Being brave means that, even though you're scared, you still do what you should do.

I can't understand why men are allowed to straddle a horse, while we - who are supposed to be the weaker sex - must hang off the side, praying for our lives.

Some women need no jewels to make them sparkle. You are one of them.

It's strange, but when it comes right down to it I never do fall apart--even when I'm sure I will.

Terrible things can happen in this life but being in love changes everything. It gives you something to hold on to.

We all have to make decisions. I'm not saying it's easy. But you don't have to collapse every time you come face-to-face with an obstacle.

And I'm Hermione from—

Miri, sweetheart—life is hard," Henry said, "but it's worth the struggle.

at him. No sir!

Well then, I'll just have to suffer

To Leah and Henry. Terrible things can happen in this life but being in love changes everything. It gives you something to hold on to. From

Through all kinds of weather What if the sky should fall Just as long as we're together It doesn't matter at all

like my mother, like the ranchwomen who peopled my childhood, I would not spout ideology or argue theory. Strong women roared in silence. We roared by doing.

I think of the great songs that have carried me along, songs I have sung with you, and for you, all over the world—songs that have carried all of us in rough seas as well as tranquil times, songs that have healed our hearts and kept us going. After all these years, I still believe that music can change the world, and as long as there is music, the dreams will never die.

It's having hope which requires having guts. So wear your heart on your sleeve and if it bleeds, let it, so long as it still beats.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ANAÏS NIN

This was a dog that had lived a nightmare of a life and still never whined or howled or cried out of pain or discomfort. You don't make a sound, I learned from Wonder, when no one ever comes to see how you're doing.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted.

You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear.

You cannot exercise much power without gratitude; for it is gratitude that keeps you connected with Power.

Wisdom is the power to perceive the best ends to aim at and the best means for reaching those ends. It is the power to perceive the right thing to do. The man who is wise enough to know the right thing to do, who is good enough to wish to do only the right thing, and who is able and strong enough to do the right thing is a truly great man.

the exercise of gratitude is always a sheet anchor which will prevent you from being swept away.

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.