Quotes About Strength

If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only

It isn't a question of whether elephants can prevail over ants. It's a question of whether a particular elephant can dance. If it can, the ants must leave the dance floor.

I was raised to face any challenge.

The great lesson of my life is perseverance. Never give up. It's like my brother said, "Isn't one minute of pain worth a lifetime of glory?

Your mind is everything. It's like a muscle. You must exercise it or it will atrophy—just like a muscle.

If you can take it, you can make it

as the Bible says, a smooth sea never made a good sailor. I believe that to this day.

But I couldn't give up hope. Not my style. I would do what I had to do to survive. From that moment until the end of the war, when we were freed, I would really come to understand the meaning of "Don't give up, don't give in.

When there's no further hope, men always look up.

the mind is a crucial line of defense against adversity.

I just knew that no matter how bad the pain, I had to keep going.

If you try to stand alone, you're going to fall. The Lord says, 'Cast all your cares upon me'—in other words, lean your entire weight on me—'and I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

I had taken the Bird's daily beatings at Omori, and then at Naoetsu. I had to. I never complained. I just got knocked down, bled, got up, got knocked down, bled, got up. I expected it. I wouldn't let it get me down. Sometimes it took me two days to recover, but I always had a positive attitude. Steely, but positive. No way would he break me.

I wasn't reaching for glory at Naoetsu. I just wouldn't give the Bird the satisfaction of destroying my dignity. Don't let anyone take yours away, either.

A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of victory

She had a high tolerance for pain, and a low tolerance for bullshit.

If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it.

The spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.

A principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.

A girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

Women have been called queens a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Resolved to take Fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they've got ambition, and they've got talent, as well as just beauty. I'm so sick of people saying that love is all a woman is fit for.