Quotes About Strength

from the moment I understood that it was impossible for me to do anything by myself, the task you imposed upon me no longer appeared difficult. I felt that the only thing necessary [10]was to unite myself more and more to Jesus and that "all things will be given to you besides.

Thérèse wrote to her sister Léonie, "this thought of the brevity of life gives me courage, it helps me bear the weariness of the road . . . the hour of rest is approaching

La vie a bien plus d'imagination que nous tous réunis, elle est parfois porteuse de petits miracles, tout est possible, il suffit d'y croire de toutes ses forces.

A partir de ahora, la vida te pertenece; nada te resultará imposible, si lo deseas verdaderamente.

Humor can be like a coat of armor when reality takes a stab at you.

The flames are burning, you may not see them, but they're ruining your nights. Stop hiding in that broom closet and face your fears.

Nous ne nous battons pas pour mourrir, mais pour la vie.

Men varför stannade du kvar hos honom när det fanns så många fel? - För att han stannade hos mig. För att jag hade lidit allt för mycket rent fysiskt för att orka med nya plågor också.

l'enfance a ses vertus. Elle nous sert à construire les fondations de nos rêves et de nos vies. C'est dans cette mémoire que tu viendras puiser tes forces, fouiller tes colères, entretenir tes passions, et bien souvent repousser les frontières de tes peurs, et de tes limites.

Why do we always have to 'fall' in love?" "Because when it hurts, you have to pick yourself back up again." "And when it doesn't hurt?" "Then you stop falling, and you just love.

Humor can be like a coat of armor when reality takes a stab at you. I don't know who said that, but I know it's the truth.

Loose screws are how the light gets in.

By the way, it's harder to become less tough once you have it than it is to become tough.

was massive – something like 50,000 men, over ten per cent of the entire imperial army.

plucky little Britannia throwing off Roman rule and beating the barbarians into the bargain

What I'm saying is that we all hold, in our minds, the ability to create images that would break us in half.

Il n'y a pas de courage triste. [in Journal sous l'occupation]

Au milieu d'un monde qui s'écroule, on veut mourir debout. [in Journal sous l'occupation]

Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness.

We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorours and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company we spend so many cool, silent, and intimate hours.

I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinancy to implore an inclement and pitiless sky.

To understand a profound thought is to have, at the moment one understands it, a profound thought oneself; and this demands some effort, a genuine descent to the heart of oneself . . . Only desire and love give us the strength to make this effort. The only books that we truly absorb are those we read with real appetite, after having worked hard to get them, so great had been our need of them.

For neither our greatest fears nor our greatest hopes are beyond the limits of our strength--we are able in the end both to dominate the first and to achieve the second.

Our love of life is only an old liaison of which we do not know how to rid ourselves. Its strength lies in its permanence. But death which severs it will cure us of the desire for immortality.