Quotes About Strength

Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelms us.

self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

As we become soft and lazy in our bodies, we tend to become soft and lazy spiritually.

I can't multiply myself out of a paper bag. But when it comes to roots, I'm your man.

this story offers far more than a simple moral of how the meek can trump the mighty.

Maniac Magee was not born in a dump.

His nostrils flared, he was breathing like a picadored bull.

Henry was staring at the sky. Palmer saw Henry for what he was: a captive, strong enough to warn him about last night, but too weak to do anything except follow Beans. He saw in Henry something of himself, and worse, what he could become.

Jerry Spinelli

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That's why she keeps her nails long, she says, to be able to scratch and claw.

The strength of the Party, as Gavrila explained, lay in its ability to rid itself of those who, like a jammed or crooked wheel on a cart, impeded progress. This self-purging was done at the meetings. It was there that members acquired the necessary toughness.

I'm going to call you Motherwort," I whispered, petting the baby fur as she scarfed down the food. "Wort for short, because motherwort is so good at healing girls, and this one right here"—I jabbed my thumb at myself—"has had a day.

Girls who land broken are easy prey.

Sephie finding three boys picking on me on the playground and pushing them down, fierce as an Amazon.

bind in spite of secrets and

He was changed, burned, branded, destroyed and rebuilt. And he loved it.

Someone who has come through heartache and maintains wit and charm is far more interesting than someone who has been kept on a pedestal all her life.

I have two options in this world. I can allow what is happening around me to control me, to break me, to destroy me and make me a twisted, angry shell of a person, as it has done to so many others. Or I can rise above it. There is ugliness around me, but there is beauty, too. I will find whatever I seek.

Always speak first to the toughest person in the room.

Love is wild and when it is cut returns again, stronger whether you want it to or not.

Jessica Anthony

The world has been easy on this man. He overflows with inner resources.

You need songs that make you feel. Some make you string, some make you weak. Some build determination, some tear you apart. But you need all of those...Run through the pain.