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Quotes About Strength

Even a glamorous bitch can be in need.
~ Tori Amos
Threads that are golden don't break easily.
~ Tori Amos
I said she's gone but I'm alive, I'm alive I'm coming in the graveyard to sing you to sleep now
~ Tori Amos
Most people would rather be sheep than stand on their own with antlers on.
~ Tori Amos
Over the last few hours I've allowed myself to feel defeated, and just like she said if you allow yourself to feel the way you really feel, maybe you won't be afraid of that feeling anymore.
~ Tori Amos
Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.
~ Torquato Tasso
Vil du afværge volden, må du elske dig selv så højt, at du ikke vil finde dig i den. (slutningen af ove Ditlevsens digt "Elsk dig selv")
~ Tove Ditlevsen
Till den som söker tillflykt hos en som är rädd och svag, nynnar jag en vaggsång mellan natt och dag
~ Tove Ditlevsen
I carried the cups out to the kitchen, and inside of me long, mysterious words began to crawl across my soul like a protective membrane. A song, a poem, something soothing and rhythmic and immensely pensive, but never distressing or sad, as I knew the rest of my day would be distressing and sad. When these light waves of words streamed through me, I knew that my mother couldn't do anything else to me because she had stopped being important to me.
~ Tove Ditlevsen
Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even realize that they had forgotten
~ Tove Jansson
For if you're not afraid how can you really be brave?
~ Tove Jansson
If you're not afraid, how can you be really brave?
~ Tove Jansson
Hennes egen storm var alltid den hemskaste.
~ Tove Jansson
Antakaa minulle jotain vahvistavaa, Taikuri sanoi. - Tämä alkaa käydä hermoilleni. Muumimamma juoksutti hänelle heti pannukakkua ja hilloa ja antoi hänelle suuren lautasen.
~ Tove Jansson
Moomin need not have worried, for the Little My's of this world are practically indestructible.
~ Tove Jansson
You can close your mind to things if something is important enough. It works very well. You make yourself very small, shut your eyes tight and say a big word over and over again until you're save.
~ Tove Jansson
You'll never have a face of your own until you've learned to fight. (Little My to Ninny the Invisible Child)
~ Tove Jansson
for if you're not afraid how can you be really brave? (Moominpappa)
~ Tove Jansson
You can close your mind to things if something is important enough. It works very well. You make yourself very small, shut your eyes tight and say a big word over and over again until you're safe.
~ Tove Jansson
Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even didn't even realize they had forgotten.
~ Tove Jansson
I've made it this far without crying a single tear and I'd sure hate to break down here.
~ Trace Adkins
Ash was the Master of Smoke.
~ Unknown
A person had to keep herself in one piece when everything around her was falling apart.
~ Tracie Peterson
Faith has to be grown. It doesn't just blossom overnight. Life gives you all sorts of ups and downs, and usually those issues are small enough that your faith gets tested and stretched and hopefully produces even more faith.
~ Tracie Peterson