Quotes About Strength

William W. Johnstone

by Matt Jensen, who had himself

hire you to make sure that doesn't happen.

to search for another handhold. A

In the West, a man measured his manhood by his readiness to do what needed to be done and by doing it well, without a backward step.

William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone

Advice his father had given him years before sounded in his mind: "In most of what you face, son, you'll make it through if you don't give in to panic." He

William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone

muscle. They didn't expect any problem with

William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone

William W. Johnstone

ISBN: 978-0-7860-3354-6 First electronic edition: August 2014

Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be...

What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.

What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind.

There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else Would overset the brain, or break the heart. - Michael: A Pastoral Poem

There standing with its hard firmness beneath her feet, her head and face bared to the wind that swept up from the deep valley below and broke in torrents against this ledge, she regained an inner quiet, a stillness she could not name or identify. It was as essential to her existence, however--had been even when she was still a child--as water or food itself.

Out there beyond this brief charmed circle, all around them, invading even our own minds, was something that disbelieved and destroyed and defeated. She knew it and recognized its power and yet she would never cease to deny it. In this moment of large weakness she suddenly knew large strength, a core buried deep within her that would refuse to be daunted by the outrageous blows or the niggling trifles human life was heir to.

When the second pain had passed, she stood up slowly and looked around. It was a beautiful morning, a fine world into which to bring someone. She could not let even [his] absence dim the joy her body and spirit felt in this moment. She had work to do, hard work. But it was something only she could do- she and the little body here within hers. Together they must bring forth life.

If strength was what was called for, then she could be strong. She would be stout enough to carry every day as it came.

determination and will power. That's a good thing for a man to have. It goes a long way in his life. The American people have a lot of it. They have proved that, all down through history, but they could do with a lot more of it.