Quotes About Strength

If you think of physical conditioning, technical understanding and tactical appreciation as forming three legs,' Wayne Smith tells writer Gregor Paul, 'the stool isn't balanced unless you have psychological strength as well.

for it is better that we slay a coward than through a coward be all slain.

wolves'),111 keeping him alive for many months longer than he could ever have survived without the solidarity of such utterly dissimilar individuals.

may have conquered Santa Anna," Nancy Lea was fond of telling him, "but you will never conquer me.

The fact that France and Britain did go on to win the war preserved their great-power status, but to a very considerable extent they were great powers by default, and their appearance of strength and solidity was no more than an illusion.

Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.

Turned to religion in times of temptation.

Disasters have a way of making us stronger in the broken places.

What few people realized was that, beneath her tough exterior, Zoë was all about love. It was love that made her fight. Love that made her fierce.

Evil? What is that? ...You said you were death itself. Are you evil, then, or are you simply stronger and more awake than others? Who gives more shape to sentient history: the good, who adhere to the tried and true, or those who seek to rouse beings from their stupor and lead them to glory? A storm you are, but a much needed one, to wash away the old and complacent and prune the galaxy of deadweight." -Plagueis

To be strong in the Force is one thing. But to believe oneself to be all-powerful is to invite catastrophe. Remember, that even in the ethereal realm we inhabit, the unforeseen can occur.

For all that sentients have achieved with weapons and machines, life remains an ongoing battle for survival, with the strong or the smart at the top of the heap, and the rest kept in check by firepower and laws.

If you have to do it, you can do it.

A woman is a funny animal.

The climb to the top is arduous and steep. People become exhausted, frustrated, and disenchanted, and are often tempted to give up. Genuine acts of caring draw people forward.

Praying is what confirms our true belief that we cannot succeed without God, and its absence confirms the exact opposite.

Mark 3:25: "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

Holy Spirit of God, thank You for filling my life with You. You are in control of all that I am—my thoughts, my actions, my words, and my feelings. Thank You, Spirit of God. I am now living under the downpour of Your power and strength and blessing, and I thank You for the riches of Your mercy. In the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

Yet those who wait for the LORD will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired.

As a follower of Jesus through faith in Him, the Holy Spirit is your only hope of ever consistently acting like a man. He is the courage to make right choices, the guide toward truth and away from error, the source of our comfort, and the provider of our strength. His primary tool is the Word of God.

The joy of following Jesus is the fellowship of living in His strength and knowing His presence as a moment-by-moment reality.

A soul that is happy in the things of God can overcome tremendous obstacles.

Acting like a man means developing a non-anxious presence that sees the big picture, remains calm in a crisis, and won't cave in under pressure. Godly men respond; they don't react.

Every man needs a place to be open and vulnerable with brothers leaning together upon the Lord.