Quotes About Strength

Think positive girl, or the world ends.

It was the heaviest thing I'd ever felt, as if I were being crushed under a thousand trucks. I wanted to black out from the pain, but I breathed deeply. I can do this.

Annabeth wanted to sob. She wanted someone, anyone to be here for her. She wanted Leo with his fire skills, or Jason with his lightning, or Hazel to collapse the tunnel. Most of all she wanted Percy. She always felt braver when Percy was with her.

The smallest seedlings, Demeter often told me, grow into century oaks.

Stand your ground! Stheno yelled. I've got free samples!

Oh, but I don't abide by your time frame, giant, Reyna said. A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out, and meets it on her own terms.

I'm scared, Nico mumbled. He was fiddling with something—a little metal toy soldier of some kind. Stop talking! Dr. Thorn said. Face me!

He pushed that thoughts away. He didn't like painful memories. Keep moving -- that was his motto. Don't dwell in things. Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness.

Grand buildings made her feel better--maybe because being in a place so permanent made her feel more permanent.

No man may be completely invulnerable.

His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome. Percy & Annabeth

Frank Zhang: lumbering klutz, child of Mars, part-time pachyderm.

Big brothers are the ones who are supposed to pull their punches. Little sisters—well, we should be able to hit as hard as we like, shouldn't we?

It knew that the earth goddess intended on razing all human civilization, and this city, which had stood ffor thousands of years, was saying back to her: You wanna dissolve this city, Dirt Face? Give it a shot.

Tyson charged at the Cyclops leader, Ma Gasket, her chain-mail dress spattered with mud and decorated with broken spears. She gawked at Tyson and started to say, "Who—?" 463/508 Tyson hit her in the head so hard, she spun in a circle and landed on her rump. "Bad Cyclops Lady!" he bell owed. "General Tyson says GO AWAY!" He hit her again, and Ma Gasket broke into dust.

I found that things weren't going well upstairs. Carter was a crumpled heap of chicken warrior on the slope of the pyramid.

glancing back I got my first clear look at the monster. He was seven feet tall, easy, his arms and legs like something from the cover of Muscle Man magazine-bulging biceps and triceps and a bunch of other 'ceps, all stuffed like baseballs under vein-webbed skin. He wore no clothes except underwear-I mean, bright white fruit of the Looms.

Piper, you're the strongest, most powerful beauty queen I've ever met. You can trust yourself. For what it's worth, you can trust me too.

Everyone knows that when advancing into danger, the soprano goes first. They are your infantry, while the altos and tenors are your cavalry, and the bass your artillery.

This is for Phoebe,' she snarled in his ear. 'For Kinzie. For all those you killed. You will die at the hands of a girl.' Orion thrashed and fought, but Reyna's will was unshakeable. The power of Athena infused her cloak. Bellona blessed her with strength and resolve. Not one but two powerful goddesses aided her, yet the kill was for Reyna to complete. Complete it she did.

Three questions, I said. First: Thor has a giantess friend? Yes, Blitz said. Not all giants are bad. Second: do all giantess names begin with G? No. Last question: Thor is a martial artist? Does he have, like, backup nunchucks, too?

I was a fight to the death, and I felt great.

He [Nico] nodded sleepily. 'With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.

The truth is harsh. Anubis said. Spirits come to the Hall of Judgement all the time, and they cannot let go of their lies. They deny their faults, their true feelings, their mistakes.......right up until Ammit devours their souls for eternity. It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.