Quotes About Strength

Dennis Lehane

Teddy wished that his mother were still alive so she could teach her grandkids you had to get hard, strong. The world didn't give a shit. It didn't bestow. It took.

I love my burdens.

and it blew open a chamber of her heart that refuses to close no matter how hard she presses down on it.

I am still afraid. But I am not terrified.

irretrievably broken and wholly unbreakable

Dennis Lehane

have been this other one they call Spartak.

That when a woman moves on, she doesn't look back, and I'm that woman.

she hadn't grown weaker, as she'd thought, only wearier, yes, but that would change now that she'd remembered who she was.

America was always a religious country, and it remains the most religious of industrialized Western democracies. America derived its strength from religion, not secularism.

When God calls you to marry, He gives you a spouse who, by divine design, will complete you. Together you will be stronger and more effective than when you were apart.

If you really serious 'bout helpin' somebody, crawl down in the ditch with 'em, bandage up their wounds, and stick with 'em until they is strong enough to crawl up on your back and get out

At your highest moment, be careful, that's when the devil comes for you.

Out of the foolishness of the cross comes the unsearchable wisdom of God. So we have to turn to something very weak and very foolish to receive God's wisdom and God's strength.

Lord, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You.(2 Chronicles 14:11 niv)

Jehová es bueno, fortaleza en el día de la angustia; y conoce a los que en él confían. (Nahúm 1:7) Bienaventurado el hombre a quien tú, JAH, corriges, Y en tu ley lo instruyes, Para hacerle descansar en los días de aflicción, En tanto que para el impío se cava el hoyo. (Salmos 94:12-13) No temas, porque yo estoy contigo; no desmayes

Who is the man who can speak to the strong? Where is the fool who can talk to the wise? Men who are dead now have learnt this long, Bitter is wisdom that fails when it tries.

Discovering more joy does not, save us from the inevitability of hardship and heartbreak. In fact, we may cry more easily, but we will laugh more easily too. Perhaps we are just more alive. Yet as we discover more joy, we can face suffering in a way that ennobles rather than embitters. We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.

We are fragile creatures, and it is from this weakness, not despite it, that we discover the possibility of true joy.

It is a remarkable feat to be able to see past the inhumanity of the behavior and recognize the humanity of the person committing the atrocious acts. This is not weakness. This is heroic strength, the noblest strength of the human spirit.

VICTORY IS OURS Goodness is stronger than evil; Love is stronger than hate; Light is stronger than darkness; Life is stronger than death; Victory is ours through Him who loves us. DESMOND TUTU

A victim is in a position of weakness and subject to the whims of others. Heroes are people who determine their own fate and their own future. A victim had nothing to give and no choice to make. A hero has the strength and ability to be generous and forgiving and the power and freedom that come from being able to make the choice of forgiveness.

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