Quotes About Strength

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

A man must either fall or rise in adversity.

It is not in the nature of man to accept permanent failure.

There comes a time when a men desires to rise above fear.

I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.

With all respect, Sahib, you have little to teach us in strength and toughness. And we do not envy you your restless spirits. Perhaps we are happier than you? But we would like our children to go to school. Of all the things you have, learning is the one we most desire for our children.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

Oh, it's hi-hi-yee! for the field artilleree,Shout out your numbers loud and strong,And where'er we go, you will always knowThat those caissons are rolling along.

Better a thousand times err on the side of over-readiness to fight, than to err on the side of tame submission to injury, or cold-blooded indifference to the misery of the oppressed.

To live, for him, has no meaning other than to drive oneself, to act with all one's strength. An existence without stress, without struggle, without growth has always struck him as mindless. Those who remain on the sidelines he sees as cowards, and consequently his personal enemies.

The one who knows and fears the Lord of Hosts need fear no other.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Suffering does make us more sensitive until it crushes us completely.

She was one of those women whose features are not perfect and who in their moments of dimness may not seem even pretty, but who, excited by the blood or the spirit, become almost supernaturally beautiful.

A woman can look book moral and exciting ... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.

with superb courage, and the decision and intelligence of a man.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.

Music, my rampart and my only one.

And so beneath the weight lay I And suffered death, but could not die.

So is no warmth for me at any fire To-day, when the world's fire has burned so low; I kneel, spending my breath in vain desire, At that cold hearth which one time roared so strong, And straighten back in weariness, and long To gather up my little gods and go.

Tenía una confianza sin límites en su capacidad de sobreponerse a cualquier contrariedad y de sacar provecho de cualquier obstáculo.

La brevedad o la prolongación de la vida de un ser humano depende sobre todo del caudal de dolor que esa persona se ve obligada a soportar.