Quotes About Strength

I hate it! Charles Wallace cried passionately. I hate the Dark Thing!

Joy is what has made the pain bearable and, in the end, creative rather than destructive.

But as she had felt she was beyond fear, so now she was beyond screaming.

Don't be afraid to be afraid.

And I was, as clearly as I can express something that is really unexpressible, out on the other side of fear.

Many waters cannot quench love,' she whispered. 'Neither can floods drown it.

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability.

Don't be afraid to be afraid.

Meg stamped, loudly and angrily, against the hard, cold surface of the rock.

Strength can always be used to destroy as well as create

Strength can always be used to destroy as well as create," Charles Wallace said. "This fire is to help and heal.

the European attitude that the very young can be charming and delightful and pretty but only a mature woman can be beautiful; and only a mature man can be strong enough to be truly tender.

The better word, of course, is joy, because it doesn't have anything to do with pain, physical or spiritual. I have been wholly in joy when I have been in pain—childbirth is the obvious example. Joy is what has made the pain bearable and, in the end, creative rather than destructive.

It is only when we are fully rooted that we are really able to move.

The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world

And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All these I place By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness!

They're able to live with this kind of intimacy and not be destroyed by it.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the

I place all Heaven with its power And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All these I place By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness!

Your father needs help, he needs courage, and for his children he may be able to do what he cannot do for himself.

Being alive hurts. I have found it best not to rush for the aspirin bottle. - A Severed Wasp

There is nothing to fear except fear itself

Women, healed and whole, will find undreamed resources in themselves.