Quotes About Strength

It is one thing to be told of possible hardships ahead, it is entirely another to have to confront them in reality.

women had not weakened in their resolve to resist.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

One should never forget the main aim in a debate, inside and outside the organisations, in political rallies, in Parliament and other government structures, is that we should emerge from that debate, however sharp our differences might have been, stronger, closer and more united and confident that ever before.

El hombre valiente no es el que no siente miedo, sino el que es capaz de conquistarlo.

Some men, under the pressure of incarceration, showed true mettle, while others revealed themselves as less than what they had appeared to be.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

after years of imprisonment, physical and emotional abuse, and separation from his family, Mandela said, "I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away." So Mandela's story is really the story of those two things he never gave away: his brilliant mind, and his great heart.

In that moment, something stirred deep inside all of us, something strong and intimate, that bound us to one another. In that moment we felt the hand of the great past that made us what we were and the power of the great cause that linked us all together.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. I felt fear myself more times than I can remember, but I hid it behind a mask of boldness. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

I waited with some anxiety, and suddenly, filling out the glass on the other side of the window was Winnie's lovely face. Winnie always dressed up for prison visits, and tried to wear something new and elegant. It was tremendously frustrating not to be able to touch me wife, to speak tenderly to her, to have a private moment together.

This was one of the state's most barbarous techniques of applying pressure: imprisoning the wives and children of freedom fighters. Many men in prison were able to handle anything the authorities did to them, but the thought of the state doing the same thing to their families was almost impossible to bear.

The struggle is my life.

I learned that courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.

Tuve ocasión de aprender que el valor no consiste en no tener miedo, sino en ser capaz de vencerlo. He sentido miedo más veces de las que puedo recordar, pero siempre lo he ocultado tras una máscara de audacia. El hombre valiente no es el que no siente miedo, sino el que es capaz de conquistarlo.

Tuve ocasión de aprender que el valor no consiste en no tener miedo, sino en ser capaz de vencerlo. He sentido miedo más veces de las que puedo recordar, pero siempre lo he ocultado tras una máscara de audacia. El hombre valiente no es el que no siente miedo, sino el que es capaz de conquistarlo. Jam

learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful.

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.

agarrou-o pelo braço, numa energia tão inesperada e viril, que ele se deixou dominar.

vale ressaltar o papel primordial que Nelson atribui às mulheres e sua força, numa sociedade de tradição patriarcal e patrícia como a nossa.

Don't pray for a different ending,' Grandpa said. 'Pray for the strength to bear what we were given.

We don't have to worry," she said quietly. "God is in control. He's bigger than this. He's bigger than the enemy. He's already won this battle.