Quotes About Strength

My sorrow is my castle.

The genius differs from us men in being able to endure isolation, his rank as a genius is proportionate to his strength for enduring isolation, whereas we men are constantly in need of the others, the herd; we die, or despair, if we are not reassured by being in the herd, of the same opinion as the herd.

You should therefore say: alone in one's boat, alone with one's care, alone with one's despair, which one is craven enough to want rather to keep than submit to the pain of being healed.

Truth always rests with the minority … because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion.

The great can never do harm when grasped in their greatness.

La angustia, sin embargo, no es hermosa por sí misma, sino solamente cuando aparece acompañada por la energía que sabe dominarla.

También yo he sentido la inclinación a obligarme, casi de una manera demoníaca, a ser más fuerte de lo que en realidad soy.

Never hide your fear because it will become your own God, hidden inside you.

We are in the world where the longing mountains are the most grounded.

If something is eating at you, you gotta find a way to use it.

I grew up with two sisters, no brothers. There was Ronny who produced "Happy Days" for me and my sister Penny who acts, directs - she does everything. So they were very strong women in my life.

Life is not tried it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire.

Everyone has hardship in their life. Everyone has pain.

I feel like I have a Ph.D. in life, I'm a survivor. I've not only survived, I've thrived.

Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views, Life's little cares and little pains refuse? Shall he not rather feel a double share Of mortal woe, when doubly arm'd to bear?

Jon Snow: I'm not afraid to die. Mormont: Nor life, I hope.

I started boxing late but I've always been a fighter all my life.

I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.

For me, I've lived a life as an athlete.

At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.

I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.

Life's all about making choices. You've made the choice to pick up the pieces and keep going, even when you've been devastated over and over again.

You are by yourself for the best years of your life. You sleep in airports. If it doesn't kill you it makes you strong.