Quotes About Strength

A man worthy of Eleanor of Aquitaine ought not to be susceptible to fluttering lashes, flattery, and bedazzled adoration.

Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living?

Go ahead and cry, Andy. Don't be afraid of those tears. Sometimes they help to wash the soul clean.

But I'll always love you, and I'll always miss you and I'll never forget that It's okay to put dragons in the jungle and tears on a tiger

I have never thought I could take it, not even for the children. It is all I have wanted to do, to stand between them and and pain. But I come from a long line of women who put themselves first.

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.

Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.

The practice of loving-kindness is about cultivating love as a trans-formative strength

Loving kindness is the practice of offering to oneself and others wishes to be happy, peaceful, healthy, strong

What's really transformative is our willingness to keep going, our openness to possibility, our patience, our effort, our humor, our growing self-knowledge, and the strength that we gain as we keep going.

I see real love as the most fundamental of our innate capacities, never destroyed no matter what we might have gone through or might yet go through.

Maybe we don't need to correct some terrible deficiency. Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of a generous spirit and a wise heart.

The personal power of being confident and clear about our actions and saying what we know without holding back is described in the texts as 'the lions roar.

Maybe what we really need is to change our relationship to what is, to see who we are with the strength of a generous spirit & a wise heart.

Kindness is not a fixed trait that we either have or lack, but more like a muscle that can be developed and strengthened.

Letting go of the belief that we're powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but also to genuinely love and receive the love of others.

Moreover, a mind that is saturated by lovingkindness cannot be overcome by fear; even if fear should arise, it will not overpower such a mind.

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff.

Love can uproot fear or anger or guilt, because it is a greater power.

Women without men, I realized then, are totally different creatures.

Colonialism was made possible, and then sustained and strengthened, as much by cultural technologies of rule as it was by the more obvious and brutal modes of conquest that first established power on foreign shores… Colonialism was itself a cultural project of control.

If you believed in truth and cared enough to obtain it, Ganga affirmed, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it. It was essential to accept punishment willingly in order to demonstrate the strength of one's convictions. That

Maybe Wolf Larsen was right, and life is simply a mess. Maybe the strong eat the weak so they can stay strong. Maybe that's all there is.