Quotes About Strength

Gold is tested by fire, man by gold

Pure gold does not fear furnace.

Kötü, hemen hemen her defas?nda, niçin 'iyi'den daha güçlü olarak ortaya ç?k?yor ?

Hiçbir kral, hiçbir imparator, hiçbir hükümdar devletini yitirdi?i için Boranl? Yedigey kadar umutsuzlu?a dü?memi?, onun kadar ac? duymam?? ve a?lamam??t?.

Bak Tolgonay, sen ve ben kim idik? Halk?m?z sayesinde büyüyüp adam olmad?k m?? Öyleyse iyi ve kara günlerde beraber olaca??z, mutlulu?u da, felaketi de payla?mas?n? bilece?iz. Her ?ey yolundayken biz de halimizden memnunduk, ?imdi bir felaketle kar?? kar??ya isek, herkes kendi ba??n?n çaresine baks?n diyemeyiz ya.

As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.

No Madonna and Child could touch Her tenderness for a son She soon would have to forget.... The air was heavy with odors of diarrhea, Of unwashed children with washed-out ribs And dried-up bottoms waddling in labored steps Behind blown-empty bellies. Other mothers there Had long ceased to care, but not this one: She held a ghost-smile between her teeth, And in her eyes the memory Of a mother's pride...

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.

As Mark Twain said, "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.

He inspired them to feel more determined, more ready, more motivated. And when you build people up in this way, they develop the strength to act.

In times of change, we need to remind ourselves and others, again and again, of certain basic truths: Our brains and our abilities are like muscles. They can be strengthened with practice.

It's easier to persevere on a long journey when you're traveling with a herd.

And those bonds can continue to strengthen with astonishing speed. A defining moment of connection can be both brief and extraordinary.

Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun (2004). "Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence," Psychological Inquiry 15: 1–18. The researchers have a test of post-traumatic growth, called the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), that you can find online. We also recommend the excellent Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg. Also see:

When it comes to performance, strong purpose trumps strong passion.

Love says, "I'm with you, let's deal with it.

As believers in Christ, we do not fight for victory; we fight from victory. In Christ's power, we are invincible.

And finally, I bless my daughters, who are yet unborn. I pray that, if life tests them—as sooner or later life is bound to do—they'll be able to stand steadfast and think carefully, using their hearts as well as their heads, understanding when they need to compromise, and knowing when they must not.

I have to believe in possibility. How else can we bear the enormous weight of life?

All the way back, I pondered the word endure, what it meant. It didn't mean giving in. It didn't mean being weak or accepting injustice. It meant taking the challenges thrown at us and dealing with them as intelligently as we knew until we grew stronger than them.

I couldn't control what was done to me. But my response to it was in my control.

Love. There's no argument, no matter how strong, that can overcome that word.

You aren't some weak-willed wench. You can control your emotions. Remember all that you've survived. Behave like the queen you are. No one can take your dignity away from you. You lose it only by your own actions.