Quotes About Strength

Your enthrally voice doesn't work on me, and overbearing men trying to tell me what to do is not a new tune in my particular symphony.

Acababa de descubrir una verdad desoladora y, a la vez, cómica: la sensatez era el consuelo de los débiles

Y, por último —y sobre todo—, porque una belleza que ha sobrevivido a tantos corsés físicos y mentales, a tantas coacciones, abusos, absurdas prohibiciones, dogmas, asfixia, desolación, sadismo, conspiración de silencio y humillaciones, una belleza así constituye un milagro de heroísmo.

Mientras existieran ventanas, el más débil de los humanos tendría su parte de libertad.

L'enfant eut le cÅ"ur comprimé de souffrance. Mais à l'intérieur d'elle quelque chose de fort et de clair chuchotait : Moi, je me souviens, moi, je sais que ce n'était pas un rêve, moi, je sais que la déesse est ma mère et moi, je sais qu'elle m'aime comme je l'aime et que cet amour existe.

As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't the ideal music for the job. Normally, Pannonique programmed her brain to play symphonies that have her the energy indispensable for such physical labour-Saint-Saens, Dvorak-but now that heart-rending Lied stuck in her skull and sapped her strength.

Love? Love? Love is not safe, my lady silk, love is dangerous. It is deceitfully sweet like wine from a fresh palm tree at dawn. Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we need to count on human strength, and when we have to count pennies for food for our stomachs and clothes for our backs, love is nothing. Ah my lady, the last man any woman should think of marrying is the man she loves.

Si amas a Dios, no tendrás miedo de nada ni de nadie, porque nada puedes perder y todas las fuerzas del cosmos, serían impotentes para quitarte tu heredad.

I always tell people, I'm a better swimmer because I'm a mom and a better mom because I'm swimmer.

Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped.

History shows that when the church accommodates culture, it weakens it.

There is a perception across the Middle East that America is weakened. I believe the perception is wrong. The United States remains the world's mightiest military, economic and diplomatic power by far, with reach and abilities beyond rival.

Being praised constantly weakens you.

Moves that build powerful core muscles (abs, back, hips, and pelvis) help support your spine, so you stand straighter. They also improve your balance, which starts to deteriorate in your 40s as these stabilizing muscles weaken.

Every Indian wants a strong and independent judiciary. Obviously if the courts get weakened, it weakens the republic and harms every citizen.

Debate and discussions strengthen democracy but violence during protests weaken democracy.

But talking about the best bond, then it has to be my mother. I fight with her as much as I love her. Many a times after fighting we instantly start laughing because we know no amount of bickering can ever weaken our bond.

In the brute physical world, and the one encompassed by medicine, there are all too many things that could kill you, don't kill you, and then leave you considerably weaker.

Men are actually the weaker sex.

The end of a story must be stronger rather than weaker than the beginning, since it is the end which contains the denouement or culmination and which will leave the strongest impression upon the reader.

We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people.

We are child-bearers primarily, and we are the weaker sex, and once we've given birth to our children, our life is by necessity bound to them. I wouldn't advocate it any other way.

Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the weaker sex; it's perhaps an acknowledgment of women as the stronger sex.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.