Quotes About Strength

Finally, don't waste your suffering. Anxiety or depression can be occasions for formation or deformation, for becoming stronger in the long run or weaker. So do what you can—even if it's a baby step—to resolve to let all of this work together for your good.

Un viejo bebedor de bourbon me dijo una vez que la vida era siempre cuestión de montañas y de cuevas: montañas que debemos escalar y cuevas en las que escondernos cuando no somos capaces de enfrentarnos a nuestras montañas.

Entendí que debemos mentirnos a nosotros mismos de vez en cuando, decirnos a nosotros mismos que somos capaces y fuertes, que la vida es buena y que el trabajo trae recompensas, y que después debemos intentar que nuestras mentiras se hagan realidad. Ésa es nuestra misión, nuestra salvación.

Siempre había creído que ser hombre implicaba mantenerse firme, pero aquello era algo que mi madre había hecho mejor que nadie.

If things got really bad at Grandpa's, I figured, my mother and I could live alongside Shelter Rock. We could sleep under the canopy and cook our meals over an open fire, and though it would be rough, how much rougher could it be?

It takes just as many men to build a sturdy man, son, as it does to build a tower. You will look back on this time and remember remarkably little of it, excpt the extent to which I tried or did not try.

People just don't understand how many men it takes to build one good man. Next time you're in Manhattan and you see one of those mighty skyscrapers going up, pay attention to how many men are engaged in the enterprise. It takes just as many men to build a sturdy man, son, as it does to build a tower.

Man, he wasn't going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from her, he could probably run a marathon. While dragging a car behind him. Sideways to the road.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.

Bread and water will not break me, and if you choose to isolate me, I shall have only but more time to plot against my oppressors.

What y'all ladies got to share? Hmmm, what you bitches got?" Aunt Georgia sighed and squinted at the boy. She said, "The Lord loves a cheerful giver, but I'm just not in the mood." The thug moved his hand from his crotch to his scalp, still scratching. "What in the hell's that supposed to mean?" Mrs. Cleveland raised and pumped her walking stick, which, it turned out, was a double-barreled shotgun. "It means take one more step," she said, "and I'll blast you to hell, you ignorant-ass bastard.

I did infer, however, that submitting to melancholy would undo the labors of those who had come before me, that I had an obligation to resist instead of giving in. I rose unsteadily to my feet, aware of my shackles, but determined to somehow overcome them.

Sometimes your world falls apart. And it's okay for you to let people in and let them see you crumble

It's in our genetics. It's why women are the master species. We give birth and we can walk in heels.

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.

Instead of finding fault with the fire, I gave thanks for the metal to take the temper and hold it.

The whipping post is a strange place to gather fresh confidence and courage, yet that's what it gave me, and in that dark cell I left behind many fears and misgivings.

I can do anything through Christ who gives me strength.

You can speak truth to power, . . . but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity." "The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel

Courage, real bravery, is being afraid and doing what you need to do anyway.

You're welcome. I still think I got the better end of the deal. Thank you for not giving up, even when our chances of reaching this day seemed like an illusion, even when it seemed there was no hope left. It looks like we have some more challenges to face someday, but I won't mind dealing with them as long as you're beside me.

She knew what hate was, had heard of the things hate could cause people to do, but had never heard hate spoken so clearly, had never heard it directed at her. Fear threatened to paralyze her, but Kira remembered her father's calm face, her mother's determination, and let some anger build in her to help her think.

Let me tell you something. Folks never know what they can do until they really have to, and then like as not they discover there's a lot more in them than they ever thought.

courage needs to be paired with discipline, individual initiative with support to your comrades.