Quotes About Strength

The best way I can describe the feeling is a Finnish word, "sisu"—the mental strength to continue to try even after you feel you've reached the limits of your abilities. I don't think failure is sometimes part of the process—it always is.

No sobrestimes el mundo mientras te subestimas a ti mismo. Eres mejor de lo que crees. Y no estás solo.

Doing light-weight overhead squats with a narrow stance, in combination with Cossack squats (page 87), for 3 months is what helped me get 99% toward passing the "campfire test" above. My left ankle is still sadly bone on bone.

Europe is a woman, now middle-aged, who has already had a number of heart attacks and is currently experiencing the biggest health crisis of her life, but one that need not be fatal.

For if we allow sin to remain in our conscience and try to deal with it there, or if we look at sin in our heart, it will be much too strong for us and will live on forever. But if we see that it rests on Christ and is overcome by his resurrection, and then boldly believe this, then sin is dead and nullified.

The strong times, the weak times-- they all come in waves. Trust me, none of us has it together.

Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues and it has not helped.

La formación moral consiste en formar a la gente para ser lo bastante fuerte como para ponerse en pie y caminar.

People who avoid their fears also avoid their power.

Weak and needy people finding their hope in Christ's grace are what mark a mature relationship. The most dangerous aspect of your relationships is not your weakness, but your delusions of strength. Self-reliance is almost always a component of a bad relationship. While

A gentle person can use strength without damaging those he is trying to help.

So that the body of Christ may be built up

At some point, every relationship brings you to the end of yourself, and with God there is no healthier place to be. When I am willing to confess how weak I am, I am most ready to reach out for the grace that can only be found in Christ. He was willing to follow his Father's plan and become weak so that, in our moments of weakness, we could receive his strength.

Remember, you can't avoid conflict, but it can be a place where amazing growth takes place!

Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended from the beginning.

Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.

Where does God live if not in the shadows of struggle, marching next to the living, with battlements and a slogan, knowing faintly more than we do?

Some people say, Never let them see you cry." I say, if you're so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.

Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something that's in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.

He was like warm marble wherever she touched him, solid and unyielding, Michelangelo's namesake sculpture come to life.

If I don't wield the sword, I can't protect you. If I keep wielding the sword, I can't embrace you. -Ichigo Kurosaki

Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all. ~Shuhei Hisagi