Quotes About Strength

It is a curious thing, watching a strong man fall to pieces.

we have to put one foot in front of the other every day and pray it will be better the next time the sun rises.

I wasn't going to wait around for some prince, when I could very well save myself.

She knew all sorts of four letter words now; they just weren't the ones that most people considered foul language. Love. Help. Rape. Stop. Then.

It's the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you

I'm a daughter from a strong man and beautiful mommy, and I'm so proud to be I am.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo - far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

You'd think a house would last forever, but the truth is a strong wind or a wrecking ball can devastate it. The family inside is not so different.

In fact, sometimes I was sure that the reason people stared at you with your crutches and wheelchair had nothing to do with your disabilities, and everything to do with the fact that you had abilities that they only dreamed of.

The catch was this: Power always involved loss of humanity.

Being scared just meant you had something worth coming back to.

Power isn't doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, Reiner. It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.

people who have been backed into a corner will do anything to fight their way to the center again.

Once you are close enough to see it coming, there's nothing to do but weather the storm.

I'm sorry, I sobbed. I'm helpless. That's where you're wrong, she told me. You're mot helpless. You need help. There's a big difference.

The problem is that anchors don't just keep you from floating away. Sometimes, they drag you down.

I had once left Coop because I wanted to see if I could be the best, if I could make my own way in the world. But living for months with the Fishers made me se the value of intrinsically knowing there was someone to help me up if I stumbled. -Ellie, Plain Truth

courage wasn't something you were bequeathed at birth, and it wasn't a lack of fright. It was overcoming your fear, because the ones you love mattered more.

We are battered and broken, but we're all small miracles.

Your father used to say that being scared just meant you had something worth coming back to Queen Maureen said And he used to tell me he was scared all the time.

Don't go fighting my battles for me.

she never wore makeup—just those sharp features, take it or leave it.

She became whomever she needed to be to survive, but she never let anyone else define her.

A human heart breaks harder when it's dropped from a greater height.