Quotes About Strength

Real men don't kiss with the gentleness of a butterfly's wing.

Wie viel ist aufzuleiden ! (Koliko patnje treba odraditi)

No puedes hablar de amor hasta que las cosas vayan mal y consigas superarlas. El amor no son flores y violines. Y tampoco lo es el buen sexo. El amor es lealtad. Es resistir en la batalla, luchar hombro con hombro. La nieve golpeándonos la cara. Los pies envueltos en harapos. La nariz congelada...

No one knows how strong they are until they have to be.

But being a survivor is hard bloody work, harder than it looks, and I think I might be running low on survivor juice. Given the choice, I'd far rather a pampered life of indulgence where nothing bad ever happens.

Drink never drown anyone's sorrows, he went on. It only teaches them how to swim.

Our health is our wealth.

This is...life, where hearts get kicked and bruised and broken, but somehow they still keep beating.

I was in so much pain that I couldn't imagine not feeling it

Instead of thinking, "Why me?" I think, "Why not me?"' Extract from One Blink at a Time In

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability…To be alive is to be vulnerable' Madeleine L'Engle

It never rains but it damn well pours and I was afraid I'd be washed away in the deluge.

I've been heartbroken before. I really don't know if I have the energy for it again.

That one day you will be happy again. Your life will get better.

Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength.

Looking straight into Rochelle's eyes he adds, I don't cave in to temptation.

I won't show weakness here, but, damn it, tears don't mean I'm frail and pathetic, only that I'm unhappy.

Without the test of heat, no metal proves its strength; without the test of life, no love can prove its worth. Rare is the love that survives the tests of the life she knew, but the pain from loves that failed those tests could fill more than one lifetime.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.

A queen is wise. She has earned her serenity, not having had it bestowed on her but having passer her tests. She has suffered and grown more beautiful because of it. She has proved she can hold her kingdom together. She has become its vision. She cares deeply about something bigger than herself. She rules with authentic power.

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

The Queen is coming to reclaim her girls.

Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.