Quotes About Strength

We're all trapped in a body with limitations, even the most able-bodied among us! And we're all guided by minds with limitations of their own. You want to know my philosophy? It's this: Our job, regardless of our bodily circumstances is to rise above what holds us down, and to help others do the same.

When my submission has been claimed, no longer in the name of love and friendship but by reason of some right or power, I have drawn upon the strength that is buried in my nature, I have straightened my shoulders and thrown off the yoke. I alone know the latent force hidden within me. I alone know how much I grieve and suffer and love. —George Sand

I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay.

It's good for you to be a bit uncomfortable from time to time, especially if you're only a few steps away from relief. People forget about the value of adversity.

Sometimes, just when you think you're going to die from pain, rage steps in to save you. There's only so much room in a human heart. Thank God. The

The heart is a small muscle with tremendous strength;

Men were ever men.

Sometimes, just when you think you're going to die from pain, rage steps in to save you. There's only so much room in a human heart.

This is the thing about strong people: you can mostly be scared of them but sometimes the way they are makes you feel safe.

I throw sticks for him, and it comes to me that it is a miracle I am able to do this: use my arm, full strength. Follow the course of the stick clearly. Walk without fatigue or pain. Assume, with blind confidence, that I will be able to do this tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that. Spend an afternoon with someone who has been told their number is up, and you will will regard everything you do later that day with grateful wonder. I mean, even laundry.

Elizabeth Berg

redemptive beauty, I think. Despite her

Love does not have legs," he slowly read, his finger moving along. "It does not have arms. But it move mountains." He put the paper down at his side

Because my mother is a third base.

I would like to step into the body of a woman whose insides don't feel as though they have been spending time against the fine side of a cheese grater.

Women do not leave situations like this: we push up our sleeves, lean in closer, and say, What do you need? Tell me what you need and by God I will do it. I believe that the souls of women flatten and anchor themselves in times of adversity, lay in for the stay. I've heard that when elephants are attacked they often run, not away, but toward each other. Perhaps it is because they are a matriarchal society.

women of a certain age who still want to fight the good fight, as Gretchen sees it. She has

I step across any reflections that are too dark with great strides, and when I am in my right mind, I find life acceptable because it is eternal. You call that my dreaming. I call it my faith and my strength. No, nothing dies, nothing is lost, nothing ends, whatever you may say. —George Sand, in a letter to Delacroix

I also think you should take care of yourself. You can crack up a little when these things go on for so long. You've got to bring a healthy self in here. That will help him most. He needs to feel your strength. And you need to do what you have to keep it.

But for the outstanding fact of polio, my mother was remarkably healthy;

When he wrote down harebells, he told me that they looked delicate, but that they could grow between rocks.

offering of love against fear. I had done it myself, determinedly made cards for my mother thinking that she would then have

I push pain away all day, and the moment I put my arms down it walks into me and has a seat. I

philosophy? It's this: Our job, regardless of our bodily circumstances, is to rise above what holds us down, and to help others do the same!