Quotes About Strength

Charisma knows only inner determination and inner restraint…. The charismatic leader gains and maintains authority solely by proving his strength in life.

Let the storm rage ever stronger!

How marvelous is Man! How proud the word rings—Man!

Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.

I may be ugly and clumsy, but one thing I'm not, I'm not retarded.

I took the lake between my legs.

My hands scrabbled in a wide, frantic arc and touched something hard and round. Wood. I pulled myself forward a few inches, grasped it and, afraid to look, felt above it to a firm, cloth-covered surface. It was a chair. I forced my eyes open. I

Maxine Rose Schur

And the heart gets watered and recovers itself. There is hope, everywhere there is hope.

When fall came and your leaves fell, they would blow away, but you would remain.

If two stand shoulder to shoulder against the gods, Happy together, the gods themselves are helpless Against them while they stand so.

What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live -- with your self-respect alive and growing.

There are "standard" convictions which are strongly held by nearly everyone. These are (1) the feeling or belief that one is capable of doing his share, holding up his end of the log, exerting a certain amount of independence, and (2) the belief that there is "something" inside you which should not be allowed to suffer indignities.

Remember, above all, that the key to any crisis situation is you.

your mental picture of yourself "the strongest force within you.

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In the country of pain we are each alone.

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

You may not control all of the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I know why the caged bird sings.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming.

Out of the huts of history's shame I rise.