Quotes About Strength

I don't think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Numbers are essential, but not absolutely essential to strength. For many churches are numerically strong but lamentably weak spiritually. Numbers, then, are no display of spiritual power or strength.

In my eye, men appear at their most powerful when they strain to reach that momentary perfection. Every muscle and sinew is taut, and for them there is nothing else except their bodies and the sensations. Fighting in concert, side by side, it is as if they storm the gates of Heaven demanding entry.

I will make rigid my roots and branches. It is not now my turn to burst into leaves and flowers.

Cuchulain stirred, Stared on the horses of the sea, and heard The cars of battle and his own name cried; And fought with the invulnerable tide.

I think that a fierce woman's better, a woman That breaks away when you have thought her won, For I'd be fed and hungry at one time.

Now days are dragon-ridden.

Barach. There, he is down! He is up again! He is going out into the deep water.

Into flowers, into women, I have awakened. Too weak to think of strength, I have thought all day, Or dozed among standing friends. I lie in night, now, A small mound under linen like the drifted snow. from "The Operation

It will soon be found that the principal value of the training lies not so much in the actual physical holds or breaks, but in the psychological reaction which engenders and fosters the necessary attitude of mind which refuses to admit defeat and is determined to achieve victory.

She survived whatever happened; she forgave; she became.

Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full strength of Collective Man.

Every eye must weep alone Till I Will be overthrown But I Will can be removed, Not having sese enough to gaurd against I Know, But I Will can be removed. Then all I's can meet and grow, I am become I Love, I Have Not I Am Loved Then all I's can meet and grow,. Till I Will be overthrown Every eye must weep alone.

Dear little not-so-innocents, beware of Old Grandmother Spider: rump her endearments – She's not quite as nice as She looks, nor you quite as tough as you think.

The first thing I do with a young fighter," D'Amato said, "is explain fear. Most people don't know much about fear. They think it's a sign of being yellow. But fear is normal. It's like fire. If you let it get out of control, it will destroy you and everything around you. If you can learn how to control it, you can make it work for you. Fear is just nature's way of preparing you to fight."7

El único fracaso verdadero es aquel en que la víctima se queda sin brío, aturdida, abatida, rodeada de oscuridad y, en su interior, un cuchillo le corta lenta e implacablemente las cuerdas del corazón.

She had fouled off of the curves that life had thrown at her.

The Hydra calls me but I am used to it It calls me Everybody But I know my name and do not answer

The hour has come when energy and pure love are needed.

I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.

We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance.

Never ever give up, even, and especially, when there is no chance of winning.

...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.