Quotes About Strength

No life is easy. It's just a different kind of hard.

a blazing fire in an ice storm.

Sometimes, wanting to impress is what keeps us moving when all we really want to do is curl up in a fetal position and whimper.

I'm staying here, I whispered down. I'll keep an aerial eye out for trouble. I'm coming with you, Chloe said. Derek tried to stop her. She said it made sense for her to be in the trees with me in case of a ground attack, and that convinced him. Not that it mattered, I think—she'd have done what she wanted. She obviously didn't take his crap. Still, it would drive me crazy, constantly needing to remind my boyfriend that I could handle myself just fine. My brother was bad enough.

Take note, Anderson. Size and martial ability do not need to come with a correlating decrease in intelligence.

We need to slow down for you. You're in pain and you're not going to remind us of that." "It isn't that bad. Really. I--" "See? Gotta be a tough guy." I lowered my voice so the others wouldn't hear. "How's your head?" "I didn't hit my head. Not yet anyway." "You know what I mean. Your headaches." "I'm fine.

You could have stayed with my mom today," I said as Daniel navigated the potholes and ruts. "You've got to be hurting." "Nope. Don't feel a thing." "Tough guy," I said. "No, well-medicated guy.

I tried to stand, but Daniel made me sit on the ground as he checked me out. He squeezed my shoulder and I winced. "Just bruised," I said. "I can walk." Rafe jogged over to us. "She was driving? Is she okay?" "Yes, she is," I said, getting to my feet.

The strong know that free will is all. What I want, I must take. I

I said the same words he'd said to me before he'd let go. "It's okay." A twisted smile. "No, not really. But it'll be okay soon. Or as close as it can get.

I seemed to be establishing a pattern here. Muster my strength and charge forward. Collapse in a puddle of grief and guilt. Charge forward. Collapse again. I said as much to Daniel and the others chimed in, making mock bets on who would spend the most time in therapy after this, and whether we could get group discounts.

We'll come back for you," Daniel said. "After you have backup, please. No offense, but you guys aren't up to fighting these people.

There's only so much a woman can endure in a single day without a bracing bout of giggles.

The Wizard of Oz was a humbug. He's not great and powerful. He just pretends to be great and powerful. The Wicked Witch of the West is greater and powerfuller. She's got flying monkeys. She's like a mad scientist. She even has a secret weakness. Water is like Kryptonite to her.

Odio cuando la gente me tiene lastima.

Kelly McClymer

it's life... In all its granite hardness.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

But desperate people find courage.

Your integrity is like a sword, he would say: you shouldn't wave it until you're about to put it to the test.

It did not occur to them that a woman could be dangerous. How foolish they were.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'…

Two blades clashed, ringing like a bell. Like all small boys, Philip thought his father was invincible; and this was the moment when he learned the truth.