Quotes About Strength

The captain of all these men of death that came against him to take him away, was the Consumption, for it was that that brought him down to the grave.

He that is down, needs fear no fall,He that is low, no pride.

The valley of Humiliation.

Temptations, when we first meet them, are like a lion that roared at Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear.

But it takes nothing away from self-sufficiency to be able to work with like-minded souls and, as we have all learned, a community is strengthened when its people deal with hardship together.

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

Everyone would like to have stronger faith. By themselves, the scriptures may not strengthen your faith, but being faithful to what they teach, does. In other words, faith cannot be separated from faithfulness.

embrace your hard times. "God already knows what we're made of, but perhaps He wants us to learn what we're made of. I think we would all agree that we learn more from our tough times than from our easy times." ~John Bytheway #QuotesForLife

Making weak things strong is the Savior's specialty, and the way we receive such individual help is through humility and a willingness to come unto Christ.

Poem by Howard A. Walter (Character) I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there are those who suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare. I would be friend of all--- the foe, the friendless; I would be giving, and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up, and laugh, and love, and lift.

Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

Indeed, I propose the idea that confusing strength with masculinity is in truth not a feminist ideal, but a misogynistic idea. He is no friend of woman who says women must act masculine to be equal to men, because that merely makes the word 'feminine' equal 'inferior'.

The first kind builds character. You cannot grow without this kind of problem, any more than you can build muscles without exercise.

The suffering we bring on ourselves, we can ask to be taken away from us once we repent of it. The suffering sent to instruct us, we can ask for the strength to endure, and the humbleness to be instructed.

perhaps, now he finds more joy in life, having survived

John C. Wright

It would be a stronger world, a stronger, loving world, to die in.

we shall find that the reason why   we doubt of God's promises is, because we sinfully detract from his   power.

Let this, then, be a standing truth, that the whole strength of the godly consists in the grace of God, according to the words of the prophet, "I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you;

God does not measure the precepts of his law by human strength, but, after ordering what is right, freely bestows on his elect the power of fulfilling it.