Quotes About Strength

Whatever the theories may be of woman's dependence on man, in the supreme moments of her life he can not bear her burdens. Alone she goes to the gates of death to give life to every man that is born into the world. No one can share her fears, no one can mitigate her pangs; and if her sorrow is greater than she can bear, alone she passes beyond the gates into the vast unknown.

Elizabeth Chadwick

because there comes a time when there is nothing left but hope

What good is having the heart of a lion if you cannot roar?

My lady, you must bend before you shatter and destroy everyone else into the bargain," she said. "What do you know?" Mellette snapped. "That our lives would be easier if you could find it within you to show some gentleness toward the living—no matter our unworthiness.

I refuse to die here. I will live to see tomorrow's dawn. One pace at a time, as God wills. One and then another. And never, never look down. - Alienor in The Autumn Throne -

Worrying about them would make no difference, unless it diminished her ability to cope.

You are my daughter," she said. "I will always stand in the storm for you.

While writing The Summer Queen, I was constantly told that Alienor was a "woman ahead of her time." But my own take is that she was a woman of her time doing her best within the boundaries of what society would permit. Any attempt to go outside those boundaries was immediately and sometimes brutally quashed, but she was nothing if not resilient. I

There was a time when I thought I could change everything. I have learned the hard way that we only have so much strength: better to use it for fights where we stand a chance of winning." "And

Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride.

You fall over, you get up again.

There was a time when I thought I could change everything. I have learned the hard way that we only have so much strength: better to use it for fights where we stand a chance of winning.

Es una gran liberación el saber que uno tiene la determinación total de que nada va a arrebatarle el triunfo, porque Dios así lo ha querido.

He used to tell me when Mr. Boswell asked Dr. Johnson which was the greatest of the virtues, he answered unhesitatingly, 'Courage,' and when Mr. Boswell asked him why, he said, 'Because, sir, without courage, one will have little opportunity to practice the other virtues.

Love came in so many forms. We love for weakness or strength, she thought, for security or wildness, for money, or beauty, or sometimes for sadness. Whatever reason, the brain turned giddy with self-worth, and self-worth became indelibly linked to the one who was loved.

Non sono più la ragazza di un tempo. Non lo sono più. Sono più forte senza di lui. Sono più forte perché mi ha spezzato il cuore. E non gli permetterò di farlo ancora

If you are burning, burn. If you can stand it, the shame will burn away and leave you shining, radiant, and righteously shameless.

Mary nevertheless marvelled at another otherwise strong man being reduced by a pretty woman. What was there about the male character that could produce great strength of personality, yet equally great weakness when it came to females?

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men

A man must at times be hard as nails: willing to face up to the truth about himself, and about the woman he loves, refusing compromise when compromise is wrong. But he must also be tender. No weapon will breach the armor of a woman's resentment like tenderness.

Says Momma: "I got handed lemons, too, y'know but I learned how to make lemonade with them… No one ever told me I had to add sugar but that's life for you. It ain't sweet.

It would be almost a moon, however, before he could leave the hospital—his attack of appendicitis had been a severe one. Young