Quotes About Strength

The thing that approaches the very limits of His power is the very thing we as disciples of Jesus ought to believe He will do. We impoverish and weaken His ministry in us the moment we forget He is almighty. The impoverishment is in us, not in Him. We will come to Jesus for Him to be our comforter or our sympathizer, but we refrain from approaching Him as our Almighty God.

Every element of our own self-reliance must be put to death by the power of God. The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.

There are stages in life when there is no storm, no crisis, when we do our human best; it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to trust Him, the crisis will reveal that we will go to the breaking point and not break in our confidence in Him.

We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing—that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in the future. But as we grow in His grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, at this very moment. If we have God's assurance behind us, the most amazing strength becomes ours, and we learn to sing, glorifying Him even in the ordinary days and ways of life.

The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else.

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

We are not made for the mountains, for sunrises, or for the other beautiful attractions in life - those are simply intended to be moments of inspiration. We are made for the valley and the ordinary things of life and that is where we have to prove our stamina and strength.

Will and loneliness are at bottom the same.

El ser se extingue cuando se extingue la voluntad de lucha

Cowardice causes blindness.

Was denkt Er sich, Lausekerl? Will Er mit Seinem Altweibergebiss Soldat werden? Scher Er sich weg da, Er Zahnkrüppel, sonst vergess ich mich!

We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

Let us put Germany in the saddle, so to speak—it already knows how to ride.

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards. --"Wanda

It was passing strange, I thought, that these two grave strong men should be so gentle over a creature who never cared how she wounded, mocked, flouted, or harmed either of them, to please her sport or charm her vanity

When he had once determined on a thing he never looked back; sometimes it had been better for him if he had. Yet, in the long run, I have known more mischief done by indecision of character than anything else in the world, and he is safe to be the strongest and stoutest-hearted who never looks back, whether he has determined on quitting Sodom or on staying in it The evil lies in hasty judgment, not in prompt action.

I only know that a man who has the strength of the lion very often has also the tender touch of the dove.

even though I may think like a compulsive overeater, I don't have to act like one.

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.

God himself favors the brave.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.