Quotes About Strength

The tides surged through the marsh and each wave that hit the beach came light-struck and broad-shouldered, with all the raw power the moon could bestow.

Trees endure the hot sun and rainstorms by sending their roots down deeper. The adversity they face is eventually the source of great stability. The harshness of the elements surrounding them causes them to seek another source of life. They will one day come to the place that even the greatest of windstorms cannot affect their ability to produce fruit.

If Eve could be swayed in a flawless environment, what is our protection in the midst of corruption? It's none other than Scripture.

Godly fear, faith, and humility is the true threefold cord that can't easily be broken (see Ecclesiastes 4:12).

In other words, a believer who chooses to delight in the Word of God in the midst of adversity will avoid being offended. That person will be like a tree whose roots search deep to where the Spirit provides strength and nourishment. He will draw from the well of God deep within his spirit. This will mature him to the point where adversity will now be the catalyst for fruit. Hallelujah!

A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle. —PROVERBS 18:19

As ofensas revelarão a fraqueza e os pontos frágeis de nossas vidas. Em geral, o ponto em que pensamos que somos fortes é a área da nossa fraqueza oculta. Ela permanecerá escondida até que uma poderosa tempestade arranque aquilo que a cobre.

Grace is God's free empowerment that gives us the ability to go beyond our natural ability. W

What you learn is often determined by what you need to know. If you think you're weak, you will learn that you are strong. If you think you are indestructible, you will learn that you are fragile. In the end though, you will learn that you are human. You are no more and no less than all those who are learning their lessons as you learn yours.

Don't you ever think,' he asked cautiously, 'that it would be better to be a bully than to be bullied? At least that way no one could ever hurt you.' Katarina turned to him in amazement. 'No,' she said definitively, shaking her head. 'No Pieter, I never think that, not for a moment.

I've always considered myself to be the sturdy type. You know, the sort who can put up with any unpleasant situation if I have to.

You have it. she said. And for what little it is worth, I hope that it brings you peace.

We all fall in the shit many times during our lives. The trick is pulling ourselves out again.

I've known violence, I've known bigotry. I've known shame and I've known love. And somehow, I always survive.

Não torne as coisas piores, pensando que dói mais do que você realmente está sentindo.

Al mal tiempo, buena cara.»

it's something that every girl realizes at some point in her life, usually when she's around fifteen or sixteen. Maybe it's even younger now. That she has more power than every man in the room combined, because men are weak and governed by their desires and their desperate need for women but women are strong. I've always believed that if women could only collectively harness the power that they have then they'd rule the world.

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. —Carlos Castaneda Don Juan, Journey to Ixtlan

How will you deal with him? Belses asked. Jock lifted a brawny fist and regarded it lovingly. Knock him out-- truss him up-- whatever the Almighty permits us. Supposing he's not alone? Oh, then, if his trusties are with him, there'll be a bonny rumpus.

It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.

A man's courage is like a horse that refuses a fence; you have got to take him by the head and cram him at it again. If you don't, he will funk worse next time. I hadn't enough courage to be able to take chances with it, though I was afraid of many things, the thing I feared most was being afraid.

The best way to be rid of quaking knees is to keep a busy mind.

But was you not afraid, good sir, when you see him come with his club? It is my duty, said he, to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all.

In times of affliction we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God.