Quotes About Strength

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.

The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest.

Even when I was going through difficult times, I never really thought about relying on others.

I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.

I'm always talking to people and they're always telling me bad times never last so long. Good people last longer.

You've got to go through some good times and some bad times, and hopefully you're able to recover from the bad times.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren't enough to hold us steady when the challenges come... We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life's hard times.

I'm a girly girl. I'm strong, but I'm very timid. Very dainty.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

I was always extremely determined, but I was also quite timid.

We will be a nation that is engaged not isolated, bold not timid. This is the very stuff of what it means to be us.

What I will say though is that I've got quite a big back, from doing pull-ups, and that will make your punches more solid. But in terms of the hardness of your punch, it's about timing and speed.

The most difficult part of portraying 'Darna' would probably be the timing when you do stunts. You have to look strong but you can't be too strong because you don't want to hurt the person you are doing the scene with.

Timing beats speed and I'm very strong at my weight.

My mum has had heart-attacks, a stroke, and it all coincided with me being called up for Scotland so the timing was not good. Thankfully, she is a great woman.

Being tall has a major impact in general. It takes some courage to be as big as you are - to live up to it and not be intimidated by the graceful tiny people.

I was this tiny, frail little girl, I needed to build up muscle, and I fell in love with dancing from the first lesson.

When faith did come, it came, I think, by way of my little paralyzed daughter. Her lifeless hands led me; I think her tiny feet still know beautiful paths.

I'm already a tiny person, so now I'm trying to go to the gym to add muscle. I need it!

My eldest son George had acute myeloid leukaemia when he was a tiny baby, he is now 20 and doing very well. He is a mini-miracle in many ways.

I still try to be a feminist in some tiny way.

Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I've had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve.

My mother taught me not to take any crap from anyone and to stand up for my rights. You might not believe this lesson came from a tiny Japanese woman, but it's true.

McGregor has a good punch, but he cannot say that he's the biggest puncher. MMA gloves are tiny - four ounces - so when they connect, they drop you.