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Quotes About Strength

In the novel A Ghost, A Witch, and a Goblin by Scholastic Book Services, from Baba Yaga, a Russian witch story, the Good Aunt says to her niece, "Because you are so brave and so good, you will be stronger than all the wicked creatures you may meet.
~ Joseph Jacobs
pas les nazis qui m'épingleront à cinquante berges.
~ Joseph Joffo
Of all the will toward the ideal in mankind only a small part can manifest itself in public action. All the rest of this force must be content with small and obscure deeds. The sum of these, however, is a thousand times stronger than the acts of those who receive wide public recognition. The latter, compared to the former, are like the foam on the waves of a deep ocean.
~ Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.
The strength of a tree, the old ones say, comes not from growing thicker in the good years when there is water, but from staying alive in the bad, dry times.
~ Joseph M. Marshall III
In the end, wisdom is born of weakness as well as strength.
~ Joseph M. Marshall III
When an enemy throws the worst it can at us we must meet it with the best we have.
~ Joseph M. Marshall III
Doctor, I appreciate your diagnosis, but I will not accept your verdict
~ Joseph McClendon III
I am not berating the Germans here; I am simply pointing out that judgment goes with the strong, the winners.
~ Joseph McMoneagle
He is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him: he is indeed a horse; and all other jades you may call beasts
~ Joseph Monninger
Miracle working power of your subconscious mind can heal you of your sickness, making you vital and strong again.
~ Joseph Murphy
To press forward and hold it together when everyone else would understand if you broke down is the greatest strength
~ Joseph Nyangon
You write for the winds, uncorrupted by hope and untouched by hope's sibling, despair. [Bram Stoker, to Walt Whitman]
~ Joseph O'Connor
If the UN is to become the instrument for peace now is the time to strengthen it.
~ Joseph P. Lash
Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.
~ Joseph Parry
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.
~ Joseph Pilates
My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.
~ Joseph Robinette
Because human nature will not deny its weaknesses, even where it is seemingly in the process of overcoming them.
~ Joseph Roth
Menuchim, Mendel's son, will grow healthy. There will not be many of his like in Israel. Pain will make him wise, ugliness kind, bitterness gentle, and illness strong. His eyes will be far and deep, his ears clear and full of echoes. His mouth will be silent, but when he opens his lips, they will herald good things.
~ Joseph Roth
Our grandfathers didn't leave us much strength, not enough strength to live with, but just about enough to die a meaningless death. Ach!
~ Joseph Roth
Smart power is neither hard nor soft. It is both. Joseph
~ Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Blue-gray she-cat with piercing blue eyes and silver hairs tipping muzzle and tail. Wise, kind, beloved, and strong.
~ Erin Hunter
There won't be any softhearted alliances here! ShadowClan will always be the dark heart of the forest.
~ Erin Hunter
No, I don't." Graystripe gave an exasperated snort. "But what will Sandstorm think? She's not some pretty little kittypet, hiding behind big, strong warriors. She can take care of herself.
~ Erin Hunter
I'm more than just a blind medicine cat! Jaypaw flexed his claws. I'll show them!
~ Erin Hunter