Quotes About Strength

In my way I must be a fighter, since I have not succumbed to my ruminations.

If I have been able to hold out till now, it is because each blow, which seemed intolerable at the time, was followed by a second which was worse

If a man loves nothing, he will be invulnerable" (Chuang Tse).

We can endure any truth, however destructive

Of all those who suffered a long period of slavery, they alone have succeeded in resisting the charms of abulia.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

When this ultimate crisis comes... when there is no way out - that is the very moment when we explode from within and the totally other emerges: the sudden surfacing of a strength, a security of unknown origin, welling up from beyond reason, rational expectation, and hope.

It is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.

I'd rather die on my feet, than live upon my knees.

The one who wants to be an eagle that flies, who wants to be a worm that crawls but does not scream when someone step on it "

And falling's just another way to fly.

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

I still own my heart, which I know because it hurts so much.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us--that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

Acaso no seguimos siendo los viejos Tigres de Mompracem?- repuso el portugués-. Donde ponemos las garras, arrancamos lo que queremos. ¿Quieres una prueba?

This is your pain,' she said. 'You must bear witness.

Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe.

No coward soul is mine,No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:I see Heaven's glories shine,And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

And that White Sustenance—Despair—

No Rack can torture me—My Soul—at Liberty—Behind this mortal BoneThere knits a bolder One—

love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.

Cancer is a journey, but you walk the road alone. There are many places to stop along the way and get nourishment — you just have to be willing to take it.

And I never did.