Quotes About Strength

Like a beleaguered castle her mind was husbanding its resources, boarding every window, locking every door, shutting down unnecessary functions.

A woman who could look death squarely in the face and smile was beyond the plane of physical ruin.

my subjects' willingness to brave bullying and condemnation in order to reveal their individual selves makes it impossible to be nothing less than awestruck.

In old Celtic stories, where life is dark and full of danger, poets and seers teach people how to face the darkness. They teach that life is about standing in a narrow passage, in the dark, with your back against the wall, facing a dragon. There is no escape. The only question, in these old stories, is how well you fight. This is a somber vision, but also one that celebrates the courage that the darkness calls forth.

That"s because we don"t have any weaknesses. We"re perfect." She rolled her eyes. "Give me a break. If you"re so perfect, how come your gender hasn"t figured out a way to have children on yourown. Then you could free yourself from the weaker sex.

anything else?

bruises, but as she rubbed at them—making a horrible

Then suddenly he reached out and took her hand. "Why did you do that?" she asked softly. He looked up at the snowflakes, let them fall, melt on his face, turning it shiny. "Because when it's slippery out, sometimes we just need someone to hang on to until we find our footing.

We are Marshalls. And we are not alone.' 'When all else is done, God is enough, everything and always.

I know you feel decimated, but don't let your circumstances tell you who God is. Let who God is tell you how to deal with your circumstances.

It's never a bad thing to have only God to turn to.

You will never be enough, Ford. When you are weak, because of Him, you are strong.

You got in over your head. That happens. You have to learn when to call for help. That's when you are strong.

God is in the storm. That though the winds blow and my life feels torn apart, if I can just trust Him, I'll discover Him at the center.

God doesn't promise to keep the storm away, but He says He'll be with me through it. My faith won't protect me from the loss, but it will carry me and keep me from despair.~page 195

Love gives us power, makes us risk everything we have, everything we are. Love is not for the weak. It's for the strong.

God is in the storm. Though the winds blow, and my life feels torn apart, if I can just trust Him, I'll discover Him at the center.

Yep. Be. Believe. Hold on. Stand. Our best hope in the middle of confusion and chaos is not to try and solve our problems ourselves but to simply remember whose we are and who we hope in. You stay rooted in the middle of a storm—darkness, confusion, chaos—by putting your focus on the One who is stronger than the storm.

But suffering can either destroy you or it can save you. Because without suffering, we don't need more; we have enough. But when we suffer, we can't help but reach out. It forces us into God's arms, and that's where we find not only what we need, but more than we can imagine. We find Him.

You have to believe that no matter what happens, you're going to be okay. That God's grace is enough.

We are Marshalls. We are not alone.

Sometimes God gives us safe places to retreat so we can come back healed.

Faith is what holds us together. It's our foundation when the world is shattering around us. It's the belief in a bigger picture. A bigger reason. It's the hope that we have when we realize we are not enough.

We are never more loved than by our God. Our refuge and strength.