Quotes About Strength

He neither feared to die nor refused to live.

If a root is pulled out, don't think that it happened because of the strength of the wind, but because you didn't make the root grow deeply enough.

If you're not mad at the world, you don't have what it takes

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy.

When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .

Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain.

know yourself and you will win all battles

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

Grant your heart the courage to speak words of wisdom always and you will never lack those wisdoms.

Mother role is the mother of roles a woman plays...

The Incredible Woman raged through the skies, lassoed a planet, set it in orbit, rescued a starship, flattened a mountain, straightened a building, smiled at a child, caught a few thieves, all in one morning, and then, took a little time off to visit her psychiatrist, since she is at heart a really womanly woman and all she wants is a normal life.

Yes, monsters all of us, I thought. And so horribly fragile.

Oh yes, I want to play with 'Samson'. Come to Delilah.

The battle is important. Don't tell my death

You are stronger than you think. Believe me.

Great leaders attest to the wisdom and power that may lie within the most unlikely of us.

I would have fallen down long ago and let the ground drink the blood of my slit throat, were it not for you. So long as you are by my side, I can endure. You ease the stoned-to-death feeling in my soul.

No one stands on a rug that cannot be pulled out from under her...

Consider what really makes up your self-worth—like your caring heart or your ability to stand tall in the face of adversity

I feel myself shriveling along with my world, getting smaller and harder. I'm turning into a rock, and in some ways that's good, because rocks last forever. But if this is how I'm going to last forever, then I don't want to.