Quotes About Strength

We are no one's reflection— we shine in dark places by the light of our own being

Darkness simply requires another way of seeing. Be your own light.

Queen Elizabeth I

The lessons from the peace process are clear whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire of societies old and new of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.

You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

It's not always easy to do the right thing. But doing the right thing makes you strong; it builds character; it forces you to make decisions based upon your beliefs and not what other people think. In life, and in business, you have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. But what makes you a leader is having the courage of your convictions.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

There is no great dark man. Even under an exterior as rugged as a mountain range, there lurks the same wounded, wincing psyche that cripples the rest of us. Where we are led to think we will find strength, we shall discover force; where we hope for ruthlessness, we shall unearth spite; and when we think we are clinging desperately to a rock, it is falling upon us.

Learn to deal with the valleys, the hills will take care of themselves.

Thank goodness for hearts that wouldn't die, for spirits that still danced even after they'd been wounded.

For often even the sad can become happy by displaying strength and firmness; they are not made happy by lightheartedness, nor by frivolity, laughing, or joking, which is the companion of shallowness.

When acts have become instinctive, they have become invincible.

Therefore, the way for the Christian to avoid spiritual collapse is to consider Christ and the opposition He faced from the likes of sinners like Caiaphas, Herod, and Pilate. Consider how He faced them with confidence, meekness, and strength.

I'll become stronger by purposely facing what I am afraid of. It's OK that I'm anxious right now. I can handle these sensations. I can handle this uncertainty. I want this anxiety. I want this uncertainty. Love the mat. Run toward the roar.

If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.

Our character is revealed under pressure.

Why be the sheep when you can be the wolf?

There is no shame in scars, Ismae.

Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.

It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.

For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of the sun, its warmth and light reaching into every corner of my soul and chasing away the shadows. I surrender to that kiss - surrender to the strength and the courage and the sheer goodness of the man.