Quotes About Strength

Faith sees best in the dark.

The first rule of resilience: allow your present crisis to refine you, not define you.

can do all things through him who strengthens me. Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble" (Phil. 4:13–14 ESV).

Adversity presents itself in many forms.… If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them. Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

We grow into our best selves not when we avoid our problems but rather when we embrace them and work through them to resolution.

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3

Leaders are like trees. They need the winds of adversity and the pressure and challenge presented by crisis to sharpen their leadership skills. Our stormy times and even failures can strengthen our inner beings and cause us to fully mature and thrive.

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9 ESV).

resilience this way: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

A resilient leader bounces back from adversity better than he was before.

More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person's level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails.

The deepest and most significant growth comes through pain.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city" (Prov. 16:32).

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. Proverbs 16:32

You look at Kerry Washington on 'Scandal,' and a lot of the women on that show in general are very strong, and I think we're seeing it more, and I'm excited because when I was doing Dana Gordon on 'Entourage,' there weren't a lot of strong female characters, which is why I think she came out as such a standout character.

Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.

Kerry Washington is a mentor to me. She is so strong and smart. She's also so giving and supportive.

I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.

Martha Washington. I think she's done herself a disservice in history with a little cap, you know? She looks like a namby-pamby little grandmotherly type, but she turned out to be a very strong woman.

The strength of America is not in Washington.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

Ibrahimovic is certainly a great player, but during a match, I don't waste any thoughts on who is opposing me, and you never have any fears on the pitch.

Fear is a waste of time.

I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people.