Quotes About Strength

How can so much beauty hide such a bruised and steely heart, and why must I love him, why must I lean in my weariness upon his irresistible yet indomitable strength? Is he not the wizend funeral spirit of a dead man in a child's clothes?

I don't believe in anything, Mother, I said. You told Armand long ago that you believe you'll find answers in the great jungles and forests; that the stars will finally reveal a vast truth. But I don't believe in anything. And that makes me stronger than you think

It draws it's strength, this big secret, from the same root from which I draw my strength, both the good and the bad, because in the end, they cannot be separated.

You're the hunter, the warrior. You're stronger than anyone else here, that's your tragedy.

Anger is too pathetic. Anger is as weak as fear.

Oh, but when love is reached through suffering, it has a power it can never gain through innocence.

If you would have fleshly life, human life, hard life which can move through time and space, then fight for it. If you would have human philosophy, then struggle and make yourself wise, so that nothing can hurt you ever. Wisdom is strength. Collect yourself, whatever you are, into something with a purpose.' 

You are too strong for this rain and too strong for this sorrow.

And time would open up to us and we would be the teachers of one another. All the things that gave you happiness would give me happiness; and I would be the protector of your pain. My power would be your power. My strength the same. But you're dead inside to me, you're cold and beyond reach!

All my life,I've been afraid of things, as a child and a woman must be. I lied about it naturally. I fancied myself a witch and walked in dark streets to punish myself for my doubts. But I knew what it meant to be afraid. And now, in this darkness, I fear nothing. If you were to leave me here, I would feel nothing. I would walk as I am walking now. As a man, you can't know what I mean by what I say.You can't know a woman's vulnerability. You can't know the sense of power that belongs to me now.

Get thee behind me, tragedy.

Lestat: Toughen up baby. I'm looking for the eternal scum.

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

Ah, what broken creatures we are, and how we endure.

Fear was once again breaking the shell around me so that something else could spring to life.

Those who desire power want to be immune to the power of others.

We are the things that others fear, I said. Remember that.

must somehow move to my restoration. I could not sink back in agony for that would breed but more agony. I must go on.

Master, the paintings, the paintings in the storage rooms! I cried. Forget the paintings. It's too late. Boys, run from here, get out now, save yourselves from the fire. Knocking the attackers back, he shot up the stairwell and called down to me from the uppermost railing. Come, Amadeo, fight them off, believe in your strength, child, fight.

Wisdom is strength. Collect yourself, whatever you are, into something with a purpose.' 

I love you," said the Voice. "Now, get up. Leave this place. You must. Get up. Start walking. This rain is not too cold for you. You are too strong for this rain and too strong for this sorrow. Come on, do as I tell you.…" And I had.

Remember, Rose, whatever you've suffered, no matter how bad it's been, you can use that, use that to be a stronger person.

Most strange and wondrous, I thought, that the power of the mind was greater than the power of the hands.

Drink. she whispered, drawing nearer. Drink. she held the soft, tender flesh of the wrist towards me. No. I know what to do; haven't I done it in the past? I said to her.