Quotes About Strength

Claude did take a call from Carmelo, whose grandmotherly advice was, "Fuck the bastards,

Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

I breathe in slowly. Food is life. I exhale, take another breath. Food is life. And that's the problem. When you're alive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bone cage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybody out. But it's a lie.

Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.

My theory is that a strong healthy man isn't likely to be creative. It is illness and pain that encourages him to live another life.

Disasters make us aware that the life force within us needs tending daily. This is why we are here." – Dr. Anne Redelfs

It is our American tradition to come together in times of tragedy. This is how we grow as a people and as a nation.

We need to find the humility to admit that we are indeed powerless and helpless so we can take the first steps in finding ways to heal. – Dr. Thomas Demaria

Although we have had significant losses, we did not lose our most important things: our health, our children, and those we love.

Getting up and putting on your shoes after a disaster is a badge of honor." -- Dr. Thomas Demaria

You are like a baby bird that has fallen out of the nest, too weak and fragile to fly back. You need to learn how to feed yourself soul vitamins so that you can regain your energy and the will to live fully.

Self-trust firms up your inner territory and grounds you with solid premises for believing in who you are.

If you didn't fall down, you would never have learned how to pick yourself up.

Out here on the water, it's a fine line between feeling in control and losing it altogether.

Barely halfway back, exhaustion sets in. What if I don't make it? An edge of panic gets intercepted by a calmer inner voice: Look behind you.

I took up windsurfing to explore my own courage.

You won't find the Five Gifts on anyone's wish list but when your emotional tank is on empty, they will be there to help you replenish your energy.

Laurie Paige

I was fairly certain that my strong-enough-for-King-Kong-but-made-for-a-woman deodorant had utterly failed.

I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to!

That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.

He alone is a man, who can resist the genius of the age, the tone of fashion, with vigorous simplicity and modest courage.