Quotes About Strength

Chloe turned to Vetch. The poet said gently, "You see, you do have power. Words give you power, to create or destroy." His eyes flickered to Clare. "Even to forgive...

She turned to Vetch and he caught her hands as they reached out for him. "I wanted power, I always wanted it, but it's stronger than I am! I can't control the Unworld, Vetch, or the real world either. I can't make it do what I want! The forest is too strong." Vetch crouched, his narrow face close to hers. "You will, Chloe. I promise you." He glanced at Mac. "Ask him. God gives no one a gift he cannot master. Right, Priest?

He might have been scared but he was brave too. He saved me. Your magic may be powerful, but we are all really good friends and that's so much stronger than any silly spell.

I'm willing to get you've given a good bit of your power away today to something you believe is outside of your control.

But I had promised myself, and my grandfather, that never again would I show fear or apprehension of the

His knowledge of his origins was Harry's strength - more than any other man I had ever known. His women were the decorations of his success; no particular woman, it seemed, was essential to him.

Still, I couldn't get over Dad calling those farmers. People might think helping is hard, but really that's the easy part; just look how good it makes people feel. Look how happy all those Red Bend ladies were about chipping in. It's the asking that's so painful. It takes real courage, real strength , to say you're not strong enough to do it alone. Mom must really be hurting for Dad to be so brave.

Bend like the sapling you are. With time we shall find your oaken core.

It's the asking that's so painful. It takes real courage, real strength, to say you're not strong enough to do it alone.

gave me a going-away present on behalf of Rochdale, a book by Paul Tillich called The Courage To Be. Bob wrote inside, Cathy, read this sometime in your life when you need "to be." He was right. Later in my life when I was at a low that book pulled me through.

Remember, you're bruised but not broken.

Laura had been victimized, but she never took on the victim role. That was what was so heroic about her. Even though she'd been fighting for many years, she got up every day determined to better herself.

I do what I can. I already told her that we'd get through this." What Laura was describing was encouragement, not intimacy.

My heart is not a home for cowards. D. ANTOINETTE FOY

To me, bravery isn't a single act; it's facing impossible odds and getting up every day to repeat the whole ordeal.

Making oneself vulnerable is the ultimate in bravery.

The stronger a person's boundaries are, the healthier that person is;

Death is never an excuse to stop living.

To know God as He really is-in His essential nature and character-is to arrive at a citadel of peace that circumstances may storm, but can never capture.

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become strong, and, having become strong, can do even more than we dared hope for him. —Maria Montessori

Like many compositions of its kind - all muscles, square jaws and sunshine - it is stronger on the socialism than the reality

Persevere, and, don't let any self-doubt distract you.

If you compared your troubles, or challenges, with those of others, you would surely find that there are those whose troubles make yours look like minor inconveniences.

Our ability to achieve success depends on the strength of our wings gained through knowledge and experience. The greater our knowledge and experience, the higher we can fly.