Quotes About Strength

The circumstances would always be stronger than his assertion. And

We read, indeed, that the walls of Jericho fell down before the sound of trumpets,39 but we nowhere hear that those trumpets were hoarse and feeble. Doubtless they were trumpets that gave forth clear ringing tones, and sent a mighty vibration through brick and mortar. But the oratory of the Rev. Amos resembled rather a Belgian railway-horn, which shows praiseworthy intentions inadequately fulfilled.

Fate has carried me 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand-- Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast To pierce another.

But to minds strongly marked by the positive and negative qualities that create severity,— strength of will, conscious rectitude of purpose, narrowness of imagination and intellect, great power of self-control, and a disposition to exert control over others,— prejudices come as the natural food of tendencies which can get no sustenance out of that complex, fragmentary, doubt-provoking knowledge which we call truth.

That was a wrong thing for you to say, that you would have had nothing to try for. If we had lost our own chief good, other people's good would remain, and that is worth trying for. Some can be happy. I seemed to see that more clearly than ever, when I was the most wretched. I can hardly think how I could have borne the trouble, if that feeling had not come to me to make strength.

Do take my arm, he said, in a low tone, as if it were a secret. There is something strangely winning to most women in that offer of the firm arm; the help is not wanted physically at that moment, but the sense of help, the presence of strength that is outside them and yet theirs, meets a continual want of the imagination.

She would have been obliged to allow, if any one had said it to her, that what she submitted to could not take the shape of duty, but was submission to a yoke drawn on her by an action she was ashamed of, and worn with a strength of selfish motives that left no weight for duty to carry.

A character at unity with itself –that performs what it intends, subdues every counteracting impulse, and has no visions beyond the distinctly possible –is strong by its very negations.

La vida podía significar angustia, podía significar desesperación; pero ¡ay!, tenía que aferrarse a ella, aunque le sangraran los dedos; sus pies tenían que pegarse al firme suelo para que la luz del sol volviera a calentarlos, no caer por un abismo desconocido donde ella pudiera incluso añorar las desgracias familiares

that she had two points of view from which she could observe the weakness of her fellow-beings, and reinforce her thankfulness for her own exceptional strength of mind.

But if she can marry blood, beauty, and bravery—the sooner the better.

There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness.

Nevertheless the joy of being with Dinah would triumph - it was like the influence of climate, which no resistance can overcome.

Does not the Hunger Tower stand as the type of the utmost trial to what is human in us?

Since our problems have been our own creation They also can be overcome When we use the power provided free to everyone This is love

I have always believed that a human being could withstand almost anything if he were just allowed to read.

Storms make oaks take deeper root.

What would I have done if the elevator became stuck again? Simple—I would have maintained a sense of calm and focused on how darkness is his friend.

But to conservatives whose value system gives priority to Moral Strength, the problem of drugs is the personal lack of the moral strength to just say no. It is a problem of personal values, not of social change or drug treatment centers.

The uncontested core of security is providing protection through strength. But

The hierarchy of moral values in Nurturant Parent morality can be expressed as: The Nurturance Group Moral Self-Interest The Strength Group This

The priority list is: 1. The Strength Group 2. Moral Self-Interest 3. Moral Nurturance It

The metaphor of Moral Strength sees the world in terms of a war of good against the forces of evil, which must be fought ruthlessly. Ruthless behavior in the name of the good fight is thus seen as justified. Moreover, the metaphor entails that one cannot respect the views of one's adversary: evil does not deserve respect, it deserves to be attacked! The

An important consequence of giving highest priority to the metaphor of Moral Strength is that it rules out any explanations in terms of social forces or social class.