Quotes About Strength

She's the one married to Dad. That was her choice, I said. She needs to be firmer, lay down the law for Dad instead of getting hysterical all the time. What Dad needs is a strong woman. A caryatid wouldn't be strong enough for Dad. What's that? Pillars shaped like women, Lori said. The ones holding up those Greek temples with their heads. I was looking at a picture of some the other day, thinking, Those women have the second toughest job in the world.

Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

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.

Most important thing in life, he would say, is learning how to fall.

Tout existant naît sans raison, se prolonge par faiblesse et meurt par rencontre.

Nothing can interrupt it yet all can break it.

Yapayaln?z?m, ama kentin üzerine yürüyen bir ordu gibiyim.

Mi son detto stancamente: Come poso sperare di salvare il passato di un altro, io che non ho avuto la forza di trattenere il mio?

Êtes-vous si fort dans l'art de la dispute? demanda le curé, vous l'emportez sur les nôtres ! Je n'ai pas disputé, répondit M. de Rollebon, je lui ai fait peur de l'enfer.

The Lord gave us power in proportion to the work to be done, and strength according to the race set before us, and grace and help as our needs required.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty.

I was 160lbs when I started and I went up to 195lbs. There were no steroids. But it was hard work, dedication, hitting the gym. You kind of see it.

Let me do my work each day, and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.

Plain free-weight squats work better for me than anything.

It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.

The highest and noblest work in this life is that of a mother.

If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

In doing your work in the great world, it is a safe plan to follow a rule I once heard on the football field: Don't flinch, don't fall; hit the line hard.

Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.