Quotes About Strength

Our power lies in remaining nonreactive.

God gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve God's peace.

We lack faith in *what* exists within us because we lack faith in *Who* exists within us.

No matter what I go through today, I need not fear. For God is all-powerful and God is here. I am never separate from the One who created me. There is nothing I can do to make Him turn his face away from me. I am loved, I am cared for, and I am totally safe in the arms of God.

Dear God, Thank you for this new day, its beauty and its light. Thank You for my chance to begin again. Free me from the limitations of yesterday. Today may I be reborn. May I become more fully a reflection of Your radiance. Give me strength and compassion and courage and wisdom. Show me the light in myself and others. May I recognize the good that is available everywhere.

Fear comes, but fear passes.

Dear God, As I rise up, I thank You for the opportunity to be on this earth. I thank You for my mind and body, I thank You for my life. Please bless my body and use it for Your purposes. May I rise up strong today, and may my body and soul radiate Your love. May all impurities be cast out of my mind, my heart, my body. May every cell of my being be filled with Your light.

Our suffering does not make us weak; only our avoidance of suffering makes us weak. And that avoidance—the avoidance of legitimate suffering—is unfortunately bolstered by the cultural attitudes of a society obsessed with cheap and easy happiness.

I pray for guidance and strength today, to become the person I long to be and do the things I long to do. I honor the imprint of God upon my soul, and the yearning of my heart to follow the path He lays before me.

GRATITUDE FOR THE BODY Dear God, As I rise up, I thank You for the opportunity to be on this earth. I thank You for my mind and body, I thank You for my life. Please bless my body and use it for Your purposes. May I rise up strong today, and may my body and soul radiate Your love. May all impurities be cast out of my mind, my heart, my body. May every cell of my being be filled with Your light.

There's a biblical story where Jesus says we can build our house on sand or we can build it on rock. Our house is our emotional stability. When it is built on sand, then the winds and rain can tear it down. One disappointing phone call and we crumble; one storm and the house falls down. When our house is built on rock, then it is sturdy and strong and the storms can't destroy it.

the Holy Spirit is within us to do the impossible.

Our deepest fears is not that we are inadequate, . . .

I conquered outer worlds just as he had. I expressed masculine strength and power just as he had. But it didn't bring me closer to him or to others like him because I had become one of the guys, and that's not what most men are looking for. He had never loved me for being a great guy.

Love not only makes a crisis endurable; it makes it transformable.

The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

We're not without hope; we just haven't been seeing it. We're not without power; we just haven't been claiming it. We're not without love; we just haven't been living it.

The pain you are going through is not what will determine your future; your future will be determined by who you are as you go through your pain.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

I said to myself, "Marianne. Next time you're down on your knees, why don't you just stay there?

Sometimes it takes the knife that emotionally pierces our heart, to pierce the walls that lie in front of it.

Today I will not be tempted to wander the byroads of pain, but rather I will set my feet upon the path of joy and peace. May the spirit of God protect my mind from any forces of fear that would divert my thinking.

Ha llegado la hora de que cada uno enfrente, de una vez por todas, cualesquiera demonios que nos hayan mantenido encadenados a nuestras neurosis y a nuestro dolor; es hora de ponernos en pie y mostrar lo mejor de nosotros mismos, como la forma de presentarnos ante Dios; de ocupar nuestros puestos en el Plan de Dios para la salvación del mundo.

Para vencer, necesitas a Dios.