Quotes About Strength

Courage is what love looks like when tested by the simple everyday necessities of being alive.

Winning does not tempt that man, this is how he grows, by being defeated decisively, by greater and greater beings.

those who can most truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come. —PERICLES

as Rilke said, 'Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows, by being defeated, decisively, by greater and greater beings.

In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.

Behind the enthusiasm, behind the inspiration, behind the passion, there must be the will. We can choose. We can decide. We can will to do it our own way. When we do, nothing can prevail against us.

The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in.

Keep driving," said a soft voice in my ear. "She will not bite if you keep driving." Fuck that. Fuck that idea like the fucking Captain of the Thai Fuck Team fucking at the fucking Tour de Fuck.

They call it kintsugi. The pot is shattered, then carefully reassembled with a resin mixed with gold. It symbolizes how we must incorporate our wounds into who we are, rather than try to merely repair and forget them.

today the menu is Kung Fu Chicken. And it's ALL YOU CAN EAT, BABY.

The guy next to him looked like he had covered his body in glue and rolled through a knife store. At the bottom of the feed was a logo that said "LEAGUE OF BADASS.

I then reached out, put my hands under his armpits and lifted him into the air. He was about as heavy as a department store mannequin. I doubt you've ever lifted one of those but you can probably guess that they're not very heavy.

But it was just crying. She didn't get hysterical. She didn't fall apart.

Muscles require a constant source of energy just to maintain their mass, so the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn.

evil cannot be vanquished with a sword, and darkness cannot be defeated in battle but only by shining a bright enough light.

There are three requisites for growth without bound, and only three: the will to remake oneself, the genius to survive, and the strength to suffer.

after a woman has reached a sort of final maturity, her soul has unfolded like a fireflower and no amount of time can extinguish the flame or attenuate the colors.

If we look hard enough, we can discern hundreds of parts: kings and queens, warriors and troubadours, mages, bullies, and saints. And hustlers, adventurers, survivors, rebels, reactionaries, and rogues. And the part of us that wants to be more than human, or rather more fully human. I believe that we need to enlist all these separate selves into a single army of free companions who respect each other and love each other to the death.

Forgive me for not being willing to hear your call until now, dear Lord. But I am here and I am ready. Direct me to where I should next go. Reveal to me how I should next serve you. Grant me the wisdom and the strength to trust you in all things. Wherever you lead. Whatever task you set. Help me, Lord.

People HAVE used me. But it don't matter I don't let it change me. – Mohammed Ali

George Foreman looks as if he might have organically appeared out of the very ground around the church.

Ali, of course, hasn't whipped every obstacle in his life. Only enough of them that we remember him as having done so.

Old fighters keep making comebacks. We are more alive when boxing than at almost any other time.

There's a reason why you never see large-chested women finishing marathons first. They've been beaten to death by their breasts around Mile 5. It ain't pretty.