Quotes About Strength

Adversity enhances this tale we call life.

Life can be hard but if you've got somebody to love — yeah!

He was a meteor. Harriet was more of a mountain. In this world, we need both.

As John arranged to bring Steve home, the media pressure steadily increased. I told Wes I wanted to go meet the plane, but that I wouldn't take the kids. This was my time to be with my soul mate, and I needed to do it on my own.

I thought of the sign Steve had over his desk back home. It bore the word "warrior" and its definition: "One who is engaged in battle.

Steve was a warrior in every sense of the word.

As strong as Steve was in this life, I knew without a doubt he would be a force to be reckoned with in the next.

That night Bindi, Steve, and I all curled up in bed together. "As long as we're together," Steve said, "everything will be just fine." It was spooky, and I didn't want to think about it, but it did indeed seem that Steve got into trouble more when he was off on his own.

I don't blame God. I cling to Him.

The Ranger creed: "No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that's in the right and keeps on a-comin'.

The sight of her praying lit a fire in his heart. She'd suffered so many traumas in the short amount of time and yet she still believed, still looked to God for help and answers. She was an amazing woman.

Crying was a sign of weakness. She would not be weak. Not in front of him. She pressed the heels of her hands against her eyes, forcing back the tears. Once she had herself under control, she took a shuddering breath and moved to the side of the bed where a chair had been pulled

Imagine yourself sitting on top of a great thoroughbred horse. You sit up there and you just feel that power. That's what it was like, playing quarterback on that team. It was a great ride.

You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win.

You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing. I can tell you from experience, though. Sometimes it hurts like hell.

When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.

Fear is a fire to temper courage and resolve. Use it so.

What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that is what we have to sustain us in our endevors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.

Y]ou have an inner strength that makes it possible for you to do things other people couldn't even begin to think of doing.

Death, as well as fortune, is rather fond of the brave.

because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her

I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they're really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.

Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.