Quotes About Strength

The sophism that ruined me is the one made by the majority of men, who complain about lacking strength when it is already too late to make use of it. [...] Virtue costs us only through our own fault, and if we always wanted to be wise, we would rarely need to be virtuous. But inclinations that would be easy to overcome sweep us away without resistance: we give way to slight temptations whose danger we scorn

D'où vient la faiblesse de l'homme ? De l'inégalité qui se trouve entre sa force et ses désirs. Ce sont nos passions qui nous rendent faibles, parce qu'il faudrait pour les contenter plus de forces que ne nous en donna la nature. Diminuez donc les désirs, c'est comme si vous augmentiez les forces : celui qui peut plus qu'il ne désire en a de reste ; il est certainement un être très fort.

veo un animal menos fuerte que unos, menos ágil que otros, pero, en conjunto, el más ventajosamente organizado de todos;

THE STRONGEST IS NEVER STRONG enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. Hence the right of the strongest, which, though to all seeming meant ironically, is really laid down as a fundamental principle.

Nada hay que influya más sobre mi corazón que un acto de valor hecho a propósito, en favor del débil injustamente oprimido. En

Binbir yere baÄŸlanmaya çal???rken hepsi elimden kaç?p da kendi kendime kal?nca, dengemi yeniden buldum. Her yandan s?k??t?r?lmama kar??n o dengeyi koruyorsam, art?k hiçbir ÅŸeye baÄŸlanmad???mdan, yaln?zca kendime dayand???mdand?r.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

Little adapted to reasoning, crowds, on the contrary, are quick to act. As the result of their present organisation their strength has become immense. The dogmas whose birth we are witnessing will soon have the force of the old dogmas; that is to say, the tyrannical and sovereign force of being above discussion. The divine right of the masses is about to replace the divine right of kings.

History tells us, that from the moment when the moral forces on which a civilisation rested have lost their strength, its final dissolution is brought about by those unconscious and brutal crowds known, justifiably enough, as barbarians.

She looked powerful, Lina thought, even though she was very short.

We are tanks and guns. We are force of history. We will crush them beneath our heels like bugs.

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Life there was hard and it made people hard.

Don't be afraid of your dark places," Mom told her. "If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, Dad said: They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run. "All you have to do, Mountain Goat, is show old Demon that you're not afraid.

What doesn't kill you will make you stronger

She never felt sorry for herself, and that was something I decided I admired most in people.

To all families who, despite their scars, still find a way to love.

Since Mom wasn't exactly the most useful person in the world, one lesson I learned at an early age was how to get things done, and this was a source of both amazement and concern for Mom, who considered my behavior unladylike but also counted on me. I never knew a girl to have such gumption, she'd say. But I'm not too sure it's a good thing.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you are young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul.

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don't help you survive.

People worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you. It immunized your body and soul...