Quotes About Strength

Many a soul will turn back to accustomed marshlands of defeat rather than brave the fogs of frustration; but the mountain peaks rise high above the rain and gloom.

The pattern [of the crisis of the deeper life] seems to be self-centeredness, self-effort, increasing inner dissatisfaction and outer discouragement, a temptation to give it all up because there is no better way, and then finding the Spirit of God to be their strength, their guide, their confidence and companion--in a word, their life.

When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.

Homogeneity breeds weakness: theoretical blind spots, stale paradigms, an echo-chamber mentality, and cults of personality.

Vanhala epäröi hetkisen. Sitten hän sanoi: – Mutta Suomen sotilas vastaa kymmentä ryssää. Khihi. – Mhiin… Kyllä kai. Mutta mites sitten tehdään, kun tulee se yhdestoista?

Hakkaa päälle pohjan poika!

We left you there, lonely, Beauty your power, Wisdom your watchman, To hold the clay tower. from 'The Tale of the Tiger Tree

I have faith that the shift in my physicality is crucial to the growth in my spirituality. When one sense weakens, another grows strong.

The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast the civilization that spawned it

He looked so vulnerable and fallible, his shoulders slumped, his head down, that Carol's impulses overrode the decision she'd taken only minutes before to play it cool. She stepped forward and pulled Tony into a tight hug. 'If anyone can do it, you can,' she whispered against his chin like a cat marking its territory.

We sleep peacefully at night, cradled by the big strong hands of America.

Those of us who where there would not have survived without those of you who remained here. Because the man fights and the woman feeds, the man hates the enemy and the woman a thousand miles away softens his heart with herself and the children so that his heart won't turn to stone.

Live, Darya, as long as you're alive, Good or bad, you live, that's what your life has to be. If you swim in sorrow and anger and you get exhausted and wanted to join us-- don't; you live, move, make the world remember that we once lived there. No one's ever been afraid to come join us, there's never been and never will be such a person in our family.

Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!

I see I have this patience to wait it out, and the truth is no matter how dark I feel I would never take my own life, because when the darkness is over, then what a blessing is the feeblest ray of light!

Breaking down does not have to mean reaching a catastrophe.

the ability to cope effectively with daily problems and responses does not depend on willpower. Solving problems and tolerating distress requires skill power,

RUSSEL. I want a strong, virile environment. BONGI. Why don't you hang out at the YMCA gym?

although he was built like an aging prizefighter, the ring had definitely won the last round.

El hombre no está hecho solo de músculos y tendones, la mente es su parte más elevada y noble, la que lo vuelve semejante a los dioses.

No les quedaba nada más que coraje.

Quien tiene el verdadero poder no necesita joyas ni trajes fastuosos para demostrarlo. Quien siente esta necesidad admite su propia debilidad

Dear God, give me the strength to hold fast to my dreams and the commitment to stop wavering in the face of adversity. Help me establish goals that are in keeping with my values and with Your intentions for my life. Amen.

When you look back over your life, what are the three greatest ways God brought you through a challenge or set you up for victory?