Quotes About Strength

Second, as Luther stated, because God's love isn't caused by its object, it can love those who are not lovable, "sinners, evil persons, fools, and weaklings in order to make them righteous, good, wise, and strong". Luther concluded, "rather than seeking its own good, the love of God flows forth and bestows good".

Without love we all like birds with broken wings.

No matter how smart she appeared, she was fragile at her core.

Tears are okay

Turn on the faucet. Wash yourself with the emotion. It won't hurt you. It will only help. If you let the fear inside, if you pull it on like a familiar shirt, then you can say to yourself, "All right, it's just fear, I don't have to let it control me. I see it for what it is.

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.

Bad news has no limits. We often feel it should, like a rainstorm that can't possibly get any heavier. But a storm can always worsen, & the burdens of life can too.

The pain you go through in life doesn't really touch you . . . not the real you. . . . You are so much lighter than you think.

Things grow quickly are often more easily destroyed than those which take a long time.

Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.

Hati yang utuh adalah hati yang pernah patah.

Do not cry for losing blood. Not for something you love.

Despair has its own voice. It is a prayer unlike any other.

Rum Rosh. It's in Psalms, the original Hebrew. It means 'God lifted my head

You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.

He didn't understand depression. To him it was weakness.

Mitch, I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each morning, a few tears, and that's all. I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few minutes, then on with the day. And if Morrie could do it, with such a horrible disease . . .

I hope you can find the healing power in grieving.

Do not cry over losing blood. Not for something you love.

What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

There are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I'm so angry and bitter. But it doesn't last too long. Then I get up and say, 'I want to live Ã¢â'¬Â¦

The only whole heart is a broken heart.

Love does not make you a fool.

because children, especially sick children, have a toughness unique to their young souls, one that can comfort even the fretting adults around them.