Quotes About Strength

Was sind Männer gegen Felsen und Berge?

Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away.

Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial; but generally speaking, it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber: it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of.

it is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as

Let us not desert one another; we are an injured body.

El alma se le fue a los pies y apenas podía sostenerse; pero era obligatoriamente necesario sobreponerse, y luchó con tanta decisión contra la congoja de su espíritu que el éxito fue rápido y, por el momento, completo.

A strong sense of duty is no bad part of a woman's portion

I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love, said Darcy. Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already.

no estoy hecha a pasar sinsabores.

Yo siempre he considerado que la poesía es el alimento del amor –dijo Darcy. –De un gran amor, sólido y fuerte, puede. Todo nutre a lo que ya es fuerte de por sí. Pero si es solo una inclinación ligera, sin ninguna base, un buen soneto la acabaría matando de hambre.

Los que poco sufren pueden ser tan orgullosos e independientes como quieran; pueden resistir los insultos o humillar a su vez... Pero yo no puedo.

Åžiirin aÅŸk? yok etme yeteneÄŸini ilk kim keÅŸfetti merak ediyorum doÄŸrusu.' -'Åžiiri hep aÅŸk?n g?das? olarak düÅŸünürdüm.' dedi Darcy. -'SaÄŸl?kl?, güçlü, iyi bir aÅŸk için doÄŸru olabilir. Zaten güçlü olan her ÅŸeye her ÅŸey iyi gelir. Ama eÄŸer, zay?f, c?l?z bir eÄŸilimse tatl? bir sone açl?ktan öldürür onu.

Elinor...whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding and coolness of judgment...her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them.

Hope does not deny the evil, but is a response to it.

As thy days, so shall thy strength be.

That's wonderful, but doesn't it feel like a drop in the ocean, given the overwhelming autocracy or tyranny that people are facing around the world?" "But millions of drops actually make the ocean." I smiled. Hope, checkmate.

that with courage and determination the impossible becomes possible.

When we face adversity, it is hope that gives us the confidence to rally our indomitable spirit to overcome it.

She said there's always beauty, even when there's pain and suffering. She learned not to hide from the darkness, just not to get lost in it.

she never lost hope. She told herself, 'This is temporary.

The Survivor Tree—the tree who was rescued after she was crushed and wounded on 9/11.

She would use her beauty and her clothes as armor, rise above it and refuse to let anyone see how much she hurt.

But fairy tales can come true, and just like Jemima Jones, or Mrs. Ben Williams as she's known outside of the glossy magazine where she now works, if we trust in ourselves, embrace our faults, and brazen it out with courage, strength, bravery, and truth, fate may just smile upon us too.

Live in the present, he said, and trust in God through darkness, pain and fear. Then, as he quoted the biblical passage from Corinthians God will not suffer you to be tested more than you are able