Quotes About Strength

A celebrated specialist in nervous diseases was, however, a more dangerous rival. He was a rubicund, jovial person, since, for one thing, the constant society of nervous wrecks did not prevent him from enjoying excellent health, but also so as to reassure his patients by the hearty merriment of his 'Good morning' and 'Good-bye,' while quite ready to lend the strength of his muscular arms to fastening them in strait-waistcoats later on

The hope of being relieved gives him the courage to suffer.

to understand that the rule among humankind—which allows of exceptions, naturally—is that the hard are the weak whom no one has wanted, and that the strong alone, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have that gentleness that the crowd mistakes for weakness.

he arrived; and on hearing his ring at the door I felt myself liberated from my obsessions. I knew that, if they were stronger than I, he was stronger than they, and my attention was diverted from them and concentrated on him who would have to settle them.

the rule among the human race—a rule that naturally admits of exceptions—is that the reputedly hard are the weak whom nobody wanted, and that the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that gentleness which the vulgar herd mistakes for weakness.

La force qui fait le plus de fois le tour de la terre en une seconde, ce n'est pas l'électricité, c'est la douleur.

Our love of life is no more than an old affair that we do not know how to discontinue. Its strength lies in its permanence. But death, which interrupts it, will cure us of our desire for immortality.

in my cowardice I became at once a man,

Value yourself. Without internal resources, you have nothing.

No me dejará sin fumar, es para lo único que me queda voluntad.

Mucho de lo suyo pudo desmoronarse, menos las cosas que le dieron identidad.

Nos rodean suficientes sombras ya, no agregues otras.

Conocer sus historias la ayudará a ser mujer. Eso sí, le pediré que no se identifique solamente con una, porque puede ser fuente de impensables dolores.

To this woman the word "worldwide" seems much worse than the word "war". Because Women have always being fighters: fighting themselves, fighting poverty, fighting drunken husbands, fighting children that need sorting out. But the whole world, dear God - worldwide is quite another thing.

Cuando llora el corazón sólo Dios escucha, el dolor se eleva desde el alma. Corta el silencio una pequeña oración. Una lágrima en mis ojos, el corazón llora en silencio. Y cuando el corazón está en silencio, el alma grita Dios mío, ahora estoy completamente solo Hazme fuerte... para que ya no tema. Es grande el dolor y no hay hacia donde correr. Ya no me queda fuerza. Cuando llora el corazón, el tiempo se detiene. SAMUEL ALBAZ

The same wind that blows down your house shakes berries from the bushes.

I think what touched me most was a letter sent by a convent of Dominican nuns. This wonderful missive urged courage and fortitude; it was sort of the Dominican version of "Go, girlfriend.

What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.

Acepta tus miedos pues son los que te han retado para que desarrolles la misma fuerza y coraje de un esforzado caballero en la batalla.

Cómo puede alguien ser mejor después de haber sido herido?

condition of the woman

I'm in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer's, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.

Ha comprendido que la mujer, que una sola mujer es más fuerte que todos los hombres juntos, y de ahí que los hombres necesiten apretarse entre ellos como niños débiles y asustadizos, necesiten fanfarronear y bravuconear y hablen del amor como de una matufia urdida por ellos para hacer caer a las mujeres en la celada del sexo. No hay que creerles, no hay que preocuparse. Llegado el caso, una mujer puede con una sola mirada desbaratar toda esa falsa tramoya de los hombres.

A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.