Quotes About Strength

Nada em mim foi covarde, nem mesmo as desistências. Desistir, ainda que não pareça, foi meu grande gesto de coragem. Some like this Nothing in my attitudes was cowardly, even the renunciations. Giving up, though it does not sound good, was my great act of courage.

Your will, in other words, is not a manifestation of your character that you can deploy without limit; it's instead like a muscle that tires.

the difficulty of focus and the hours of practice necessary to strengthen your "mental muscle.

Venciste, mujer, con no dejarte vencer.

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everything I'd ever learned and held dear required me to be a man of action.

I'd seen this happen several times before, in different institutions, but it was no less remarkable on each occasion: the words were like the flow of water over coals, taking away crackling heat and leaving only a steaming whisper, a perhaps momentary but nonetheless effective remission from deep-burning fire.

Walls and stones may fall in the wind when it blows like a Thracian torrent, but a god stands forever

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Chapter 95 Fairfield, Connecticut – May 8, 2015 "No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.

While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel is beyond our strength to accomplish.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

Do you think the people you preach to have a feeling of love?" the young man asked. "Well, I'm not talking about weak love," King explained. "I'm talking about love with justice. Weak love can be sentimental and empty. I'm talking about the love that is strong, so that you love your fellow men enough to lead them to justice.

The people of Abadan defended the city with empty hands, and our sons and brothers fell to the ground like flowers in the fall. My friend, believe me, today the date palms are broken. Tell me, when will our youth, our date palms, be green again?

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.

A plant needs to do more than stretch its leaves toward the sun. It also needs to send down roots deep into the ground. They hold on tightly in the dark, out of sight where it is easy to forget about them. But it is the fact that a plant can do these two things at once, anchoring itself to the earth even as it reaches for the sky, that makes it strong.

Even the most bitter fruit may contain something sweet at it's core.

The power of her magic had snatched me from death. But it was the power of my own love which would give me the life I wanted.

But even the most bitter fruit can contain something sweet at its core. A taste you would never have encountered if you had not been willing to endure the bitter first.

May you keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.

An old woman, still beautiful, but bent, softened with time.

Every kind of power has its own boundaries, Etienne. That is you know its strength and its form.