Quotes About Strength

All well — from the neck down.

the thunder from Down Under that gives you the second-most-powerful surge that can flow through your body.

Look, we are not unspectacular things. We've come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?

Bellow "Tell the range and all that's howling, the flickers of life beyond the weeds, the vulture's furrowed brow of flight, the blasted sticky Canadian lawn thistle; tell the clowned-out clouds and the rain, and all that makes you go quiet again, tell them that you didn't come here to make a fuss, or break, or growl, or scream; tell them-crazy sky and stars between-tell them you didn't come to disturb the night air and throw a fit, then get down in the dark and do it.

But love is impossible and it goes on despite the impossible.

I am in no hurry to stop believing we are supposed to sway like this, that we too are immense and calling out.

I thought power was something you could control. Something one could do at a desk or on a job site, to work in the field of power. Now the tree is gone. The men are gone, just a ground-down stump where what felt like wisdom once was.

Darling Cockroaches of the Highest Order, hard underthings of hard underworlds, I am utterly suspicious of advice.

Think of how far a voice must have to travel to go beyond the universe. How powerful that voice must be to get there.

How do you love? Like a fist. Like a knife.

When it is good, this is a city of fantastic strength, sophistication and beauty. It is like no other city in time or place. Visitors and even natives rarely use the words urban character or environmental style, but that is what they are reacting to with awe in the presence of massed, concentrated, steel, stone, power and life.

Almost two years had passed once again since his father's death. Hugo remained in the city, pure and strong as a virgin; for the man who harbours a god in his breast will remain untouched by the baseness which the world holds in store.

Anger, hate, blind temper, that crazy switch to destroy, all of it purified into discipline and control, the best side of boxing, Billy says.

He can hit a man in the liver so the blood flow stops. It takes a full second before the pain registers and the man falls. I've seen Billy hook men's livers and punch at their hearts. I've seen him break a man's nose in the ring, shatter an eardrum, close an eye. I've seen him hit a man so hard, fist to jaw, the man seemed to fall asleep before he fell, his body so relaxed his face looked calm even when his head slammed against canvas.

CHAPTER NINE FIGHT TO THE END

The cowards!

If Helen had the face that launched a thousand ships, Kelly would have made those guys invent aircraft carriers.

The pain you are feeling is merely the strike of every hammer blow on the anvil as you are being forged.

The strength of a nation is derived from the character, not from the wealth, nor from the multitude of its people.

Many people who encountered Grant were taken aback by the strength of his commitment and dedication...at the expense of all other aspects of life.

Givers reject the notion that interdependence is weak. Givers are more likely to see interdependence as a source of strength, a way to harness the skills of multiple people for a greater good.

Originals is a fascinating, eye-opening read that will help you not just recognize your own unique gifts, but find the strength to challenge conventional wisdom to bring them to life.

Aprendí que el coraje no era la ausencia de miedo, sino el triunfo sobre él... El hombre valiente no es aquel que no siente miedo, sino el que conquista ese miedo". NELSON MANDELA

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." —ELEANOR ROOSEVELT