Quotes About Strength

fight authority with authority

I wanted to hold everything in place with my thin little arm and my weak spirit. I wanted to do what I could with my unreliable body to try and deal with all the many scary things that were going to start happening to us from now on. I wanted to try.

And it's true, I thought, interesting things do happen, even in the midst of the blackest nights. And when you take a spill, you can always rise up from it with something good in your hand.

Non potevo andare avanti così, dovevo reagire per orgoglio, non potevo seguire alla lettera tutto quello che mi dicevano gli altri o farmi trasportare dal fiume senza nemmeno provare a nuotare controcorrente.

It helps to fight authority with authority

Growth and the overcoming of obstacles are inscribed on a person's soul.

Her power was the brilliance of her charm and it had brought her to where she was now. I had the feeling that neither her wife nor her son could diminish it. That quality must have condemned her to an ice-cold loneliness.

Banana Yoshimoto

L?i chúc phúc v?ng xu?ng nhÆ° má»™t b?n thánh ca, và tôi c?u nguy?n. 'Con mu?n mình m?nh m? hÆ¡n

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within, I thought. I had lost my last ounce of strength. Before my eyes something was coming to an end, something I didn't want to end, but for which I lacked the energy to suffer, much less fight. There was only a leaden hopelessness in me.

Ya??m ilerledikçe, daha ilerledikçe, pek çok ÅŸey yaÅŸayaca??m ve tekrar tekrar sert kayalara çarpaca??m. Tekrar tekrar yeniden ayaklar?m?n üzerinde duraca??m. YenilmeyeceÄŸim. BenliÄŸimin yok olmas?na izin vermeyeceÄŸim.

I felt powerless to stop the energy from rush- ing out of my body; it seemed to dissipate with a hissing sound into the darkness.

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within, I thought.

En este camino escarpado, realmente oscuro y solitario, me daba cuenta de que la única salida era hacer algo brillante. Me habían criado con amor, pero siempre me había sentido sola

Non ero triste per qualcosa in particolare, piangevo per tante cose insieme. [...] Dio, ti prego, aiutami a vivere.

As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.

Cuando me enfrenté a las tinieblas de mi corazón, cuando me sentí herida en lo más hondo y me rompí en pedazos, exhausta, de improviso emergió de mi interior una fuerza inexplicable

I guess my mom was all he had—the one flower that smelled like freedom. He

Because the sky is high and lonely, and it makes me feel very alone, and that makes my heart dance, and then I feel stronger. But at the same time, there's this energy in the air; it's a time of waiting, before winter really sets in.

Ahora estas en el peor momento. Puede que sea más duro que la muerte. Pero puede que no haya otro peor. Porque los limites de una persona no camban. Quizá te vuelvas a enfermar y puede que te azote de nuevo un resfriado como este, pero si eres fuerte no volverás a sufrir en toda tu vida. Las cosas son así. Puedes pensar que seria un asco que volvería a ocurrir, pero ¿no crees que sería mejor hacerte a la idea de que las cosas son así?

Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more—it

As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.

From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying that tomorrow would come, and the day after tomorrow, and so next week, too. I never thought it would be this hard, but I would go on living in the midst of a glomy depression, and that made me feel sick to the depths of my soul. In spite of the tempest raging within me, I walked the night path calmly.

Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.