Quotes About Strength

love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

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though he may be cruel, never can be brave. But

They're drenched in orenda, the power of good in the world that fights against otgont, all the darkness and evil.

recovered completely from the gunshot. She

Jane reached Western New York in the dark. It had been a seven-hour drive, but she had stopped for meals and breaks, and then had taken time to sleep for two hours at a rest stop. The urgency she had been feeling since the night the ancient woman had come to her in her dream seemed to burn in her until she had worn herself out. Now she was feeling stronger.

he said. But he also

Some pastors believe in divine sovereignty but do not think that the doctrine should be preached, since it is controversial. This is a tragic mistake, for it provides strength to the people of God and was revealed for our good.

The chain is only as strong as its weakest link, for if that fails the chain fails and the object that it has been holding up falls to the ground.

In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of the chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest.

Those who reject some principle of common sense in speculation, find themselves under necessity of being governed by it in their practice. A skeptic may struggle hard to disbelieve the information of his senses, as a man does to swim against the torrent; but ah! it is in vain...For after all, when his strength is spent in the fruitless attempt, he will be carried down the torrent with the common herd of believers.

I forbid you, agnostic, doubting thoughts, to destroy the house of my faith.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.

The feeling came upon him one night as he lay asleep under his new Rabbit blanket with his two daughters and their mother that his Power had gone to another place; even the strength running deep in his bones fled.

I can hear the roar of women's silence

You've got to use it, the pain. Use it as fuel to move past the torment, to the light at the end of the tunnel

It is like a deep pool, this imagination, and during the day it gets used up, like water, and when we sleep at night the water we have used during the day gets replaced. And if it is not replaced, if there is none to drink of, we are thirsty. It is from sleep that God gives us our strength and our power and our peace, do you see.

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

A Christian is commanded to warm-hearted service; he must charge through the whole army of his lusts, every one of which is stronger than Goliath.

Lusts within are worse than lions without.