Quotes About Strength

The essence of strength is not in overpowering others, but in mastering oneself.

There was a fear in the unknown which was too vast to find the strength to face. Everything precious and familiar was being engulfed in a spiritual void.

But he was too proud and too ambitious to be a coward. He had grasped what he wanted without flinching.

She was a remarkable woman and her courage must be immense to have defied her family and traveled virtually alone

Without law, who will protect the mother and child who are tomorrow's strength? Who will protect the geniuses of the mind, the inventor, the artist who enriches the world but has not the power of money or physical ability to defend himself? Who will protect the wise who are old, and might fall victim to the powerful and foolish? Indeed who will protect the strong from themselves?

humiliation of the past behind her, and try again?

She despised cowardice, and yet here she was on the brink of it herself.

To be beaten was one thing, to surrender was another—and intolerable.

No one wants their dreams broken. Patriotism is a very powerful force.

I do not need anyone to lead me astray! I am perfectly capable of going on my own!

I have seen my share of cruelty, injustice, and grief. I do not need to be treated like some flower that will bruise if you touch it.

But then to go out to the Crimea to nurse she must be a woman of courage beyond the ordinary imagination, and to remain there, of a strength of purpose that neither danger nor pain could bend. "I

But I have learned something good about myself. I can stand up to people who have more power than I do, and fight for what I believe in.

rare courage, and a force of character

You can't fight their battles for them, only give them armor." Who

la debilidad era peligrosa. Quienes eran conscientes de sus desventajas eran quienes atacaban. Alguien

I would doubt that virtue, to her, means abstinence. It is far more likely to mean courage, compassion, and the integrity to be brutally honest, first with yourself and then with others, and never to run away just because you are exhausted or afraid.

Only the quick-fingered, the strong and the lucky reached adulthood. Monk could not afford to indulge in judgment

A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note, he said, but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor.

Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.

I am the Vampire Lestat. I'm immortal more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire-these things might destroy me. But then again, they might not.

It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn't destroy us, if it doesn't burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for simple yet indispensable things.

Don't be a pawn in somebody's game. Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on

We shall live even in this state of living death, we shall love, we shall feel, we shall defy all who would judge and destroy us.