Quotes About Strength

I always knew you were the real hero of the family.

I have called you back from the ends of the earth so you can serve Me. For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with My victorious right hand.

Susan May Warren

No wonder the world needed people of faith to stand strong—they were looking to them for the smallest inkling of hope. ~page 285

Surrender is not a Ranger word. Fine. Let the battle begin.

Please," Jonas said, and for a second she thought he might stop her. No more hope. Instead, his gaze latched on to her with desperation. No wonder the world needed people of faith to stand strong—they were looking to them for the smallest inkling of hope.

It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.

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.

Don't judge God's love for you on your circumstances, Nathan. Judge it on what you know to be true. God loves you, and He'll give you the strength to do what's right. Just stay the course. That's what God wants for you—everyday faith. Not . . ." John pointed at the wall.

Colt wasn't the only brave one here. Wasn't the only one who was ready to do violence to keep people safe.

But I've long believed that marriage isn't just for our joy, but to make us stronger, better people. To change us into the people God wants us to be. And we do that through better . . . and worse.

She needs you to be bigger than her fears. Stronger than her rejection. And yes, if you truly believe that she doesn't want you in her life, then you have to let her go, But a woman who opens her heart up wants to know she will be protected.

Fear had its own power, and the more I did nothing, the greater my fear would grow. But I had to remember two things. First, if I wanted to be free, then I had to stop being a victim and fight back with everything inside me. And second, that God never intended me to fight my battles alone.~ Ned (pg 216)

The difference is Gabe lets God fight his battles. He lets God work in people's lives, and he lets them be human. Trusting God protects him, gives him the courage to risk opening his heart and let out love. He knows he is safely in God's shelter. He won't crumble if your father, or even you, let him down. God will hold him up.

Hope is the one thing that we have to give when the world is at its darkest.

He'd faced dangerous criminals. He could eat vegetables. Vegetables didn't kill. Pobably.

If drugs could heal what was broken inside her, she'd be an addict. Who wouldn't? Sometimes life hurt, and you just had to suck it up. It

Love is the only true constant in a fragile world.

I came through the crucible, and it did not reduce me to ashes. I survived.

Fear is a heaviness you can't wriggle out from under. You must simply find the will to stand with it and start walking. Fear does not start to fade until you take the step that you think you can't take.

We only see a little bit of our stories at a time, and the hard parts remind us too harshly that we're fragile and flawed. But it isn't all hard. Your story isn't all hard parts. Some of it is incredibly beautiful.

Maybe being brave is different from being unafraid. If you're not afraid, what is there to be brave about?

I battled for my child and I prevailed.

There is only the stunningly fragile human body, a holy creation capable of loving with such astonishing strength but which is weak to the curses of a fallen world. We are like butterflies, delicate and wonderful, here on earth for only a brilliant moment and then away we fly. Death is appointed to merely close the door to our suffering and open wide the gate to Paradise.