Quotes About Strength

Give me each day strength to perform the present duty and thus to become a hero and a saint.

It's like we have the bones of animals and the hearts of angels.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.

You're not human if you don't feel fear. But I've learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It's there to give me that edge for what I have to do.

My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.

My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.

Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.

Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? Is it the universe's way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.

But I also knew if I could somehow replace my doubt with hope, my fear with courage, and my self-pity with a sense of pride, then I just might be able to do this.

But the winners are those who know that when things get really hard and others start to fall away, that is the time to dig deep and give that little bit extra.

Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you have only waited for this moment to arise.

Hey Jude, don't be afraid You were made to go out and get her The minute you let her under your skin Then you begin to make it better

If you want to call me names, make jokes and doubt my intentions, go ahead, because the reality is I can take it.

I like physically-demanding reality shows, not dance and music shows.

I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!

When my father died in my arms it had such a profound affect on me that at that very moment when my dad passed I realized that I needed to face my own fears.

If somebody would've told me that I was going to lose my legs at the age of 19, I would've thought there's absolutely no way I'd be able to handle that. But then it happened, and I realized that there's so much more to live for, that my life isn't about my legs.

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

When you're afraid, you look to amass power to defend yourself, not realizing that can also be corrupting.