Quotes About Strength

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten

Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.

George shrugged. "You just stood up to your mother, Tyler. I should think now you could take on the world.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

We all like to think we're strong, until we are faced with our own loss.

Want to know the best part of being a warlord?' came a hoarse whisper. I bit my lip, puzzled by the question. Keir's mouth curled up slowly into a smile. 'I always get what I want.

Fear Hold you still when you need to move, and moves you when you need to be still. Fear makes you silent when you need to be Loud, and Loud when you need silence. Fear closes your throat, makes it hard to breathe. Fear weakens your hand and blinds your eyes. Fear is a danger. Know your fear. Face your fear.

He leaned down and nuzzled my ear. "Ah, my Lara. I took you from your sheltered den, kitten." "No." I straightened, wiping my face. "I left my den and chased you, remember?

You can't just sit in a corner weeping or you'll die.

Von Linden really should know me well enough by now to realise that I am not going to face my execution without a fight. Or with anything remotely resembling dignity.

Incredible. It is just incredible that you can notice something like that when your face is so cold you can't feel it anymore, and you know perfectly well you are surrounded by death, and the only way to stay alive is to endure the howling wind and hold your course. And still the sky is beautiful.

Maddie quickly pulled down the blackout curtains over her bright and vulnerable soul.

Queenie, herself again, took hold of Maddie's hand and squeezed it tightly. She walked all the way back across the airfield without letting it go. Maddie closed her eyes and flew again in the ethereal pale green light. She knew she would never let it go.

Taran. We go down fighting.

And you know, it was like I was breathing my own self back into me to say these word,s to remember that these things existed--the green trees of the eastern woodland at home in North America, their strong and supple branches, sunlight through the trees.

If you're scared, do something.

Julie would have died there.

A woman did that.

It is incredible what you do, knowing you have to.

Spiderwebs joined together can catch a lion.

With her words in my mind while I'm reading, she is as real as I am. Gloriously daft, drop-dead charming, full of bookish nonsense and foul language, brave and generous. She's right here. Afraid and exhausted, alone, but fighting.

Here he comes, moving among the enemies all on his own. Do you see? He acts alone, but he is not alone. He has an army behind him, also, my army; and with our lives we will fight to defend him.

Don't you think it makes them stronger when you give them someone to despise?