Quotes About Strength

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.

Everything that happened to you can be used to strengthen you, if you allow it, if you're open to it.

Qué hacer cuando ya hiciste todo lo que puedes y parece que nunca es suficiente? ¿Qué más dar cuando te has dado por completo y parece que no lo vas a lograr?". La respuesta está en el coro de McClurkin: "Sólo mantente de pie". Ahí

power to destroy, they also have the power to heal.

My highest achievement: never shutting down my heart. Even in my darkest moments—through sexual abuse, a pregnancy at 14, lies and betrayals—I remained faithful, hopeful, and willing to see the best in people, regardless of whether they were showing me their worst. I continued to believe that no matter how hard the climb, there is always a way to let in a sliver of light to illuminate the path forward.

Maya Angelou was so right. Whatever you're going through, you will do just that: go through it. It will pass. So say thank-you now. Because you know the rainbow is coming.

The true measure of your courage is not whether you reach your goal—it's whether you decide to get back on your feet no matter how many times you've failed.

I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer you've been searching for comes into focus. And as you walk into what you fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

The thing you fear most has no power - it is what has the power.

You're saying thank-you," Maya said, "because your faith is so strong that you don't doubt that whatever the problem, you'll get through it. You're saying thank-you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds. You're saying thank-you because you know there's no problem created that can compare to the Creator of all things. Say thank-you!

for a novel need not be full of sorrow just because its heroes are suffering.

BaÅŸkalar? doÄŸaya bak?nca orada kendi s?n?rlar?n?, yetersizliklerini, korkular?n? görürler. Sonra kendi zay?fl?klar?ndan korkup doÄŸan?n s?n?rs?zl???, büyüklüÄŸü, derler buna.

The tree is bent when it is young

Dok je prolazio pokraj prazne armenske jednokatnice prozora okovanih daskama, Ka je, osluškuju?i svoj dah i škripu svojih koraka, za?uo kako ga dozivaju sre?a i život, jasno i izazovno kao da ih prvi put ?uje. A njemu je bilo jasno jedino to da u sebi ima dovoljno snage da im - okrene le?a.

Life can't be all that bad. Whatever happens, I can always take along the Bosphorus.

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive, he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

The most of us make our backs ache carrying useless, foolish burdens. We carry luggage and rubbish that are of no earthly use, but which sap our strength and keep us jaded and tired to no purpose. If we could only learn to hold on to the things worthwhile, and drop the rubbish, — let go the useless, the foolish, the silly, the hamperers, the things that hinder, — we should not only make progress but we should keep happy and harmonious.

What we do when defeat stares us in the face is the real touchstone of character. But the very fact that success has time and again proved the means of awakening people to the knowledge of greater ability than they ever before dreamed they possessed, ought to hearten and encourage us to keep on no matter how often we fail. If we brace ourselves and continue to push forward we will ultimately win out. (From Everybody ahead, or getting the most out of life)

Character is power, and is the best advertisement in the world.

No, there is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor; the unconquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.

Let the adverse breath of criticism be to you only what the blast of the storm wind is to the eagle,—a force against him that lifts him higher.

Dig, dig the foundation deep, young man. Plant firmly the outer wall; Let the props be strong and the roof be high. Build it well, whatever you do; Build it straight and strong and true; Build it clean and high and broad; Build it for the eye of God.

Never for an instant admit that you are sick, weak, or ill unless you wish to experience these conditions, for the very thinking of them helps them to get a stronger hold upon you.