Quotes About Strength

But there are ideals which do not play hide-and-seek with our life; they slowly grow from seed to flower, from flower to fruit; they require infinite space and heaven's light to mature, and the fruits that they produce can survive years of insult and neglect.

The infinite is with us in the beauty of our childhood, in the strength of our youth, in the wisdom of our age; in play, in earning, and in spending.

WE, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent?" "I am a mere flower.

If my heart is breaking – let it break! That will not make the world bankrupt – nor even me; for man is so much greater than what he loses in this life.

Everyone's nature is not alike. Because you have found your convictions within yourself and can take refuge in your own strength, you fail to realize the predicament of others.

WOMAN, when you move about in your household service your limbs sing like a hill stream among its pebbles.

But our fear is, that the poison may be more powerful than the food, and what is strength in her to-day may not be the sign of health, but the contrary; for it may be temporarily caused by the upsetting of the balance of life. Our fear is that evil has a fateful fascination, when it assumes dimensions which are colossal,—and though at last, it is sure to lose its centre of gravity, by its abnormal disproportion, the mischief which it creates before its fall may be beyond reparation.

When doctors give up, patients don't always die.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.

Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.' It was the perfect motto for Morganville.

Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.' It was the perfect motto for Morganville.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strengths that will endure as life lasts

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.

was very attracted to the hardness of Olga,' she said, 'to the hardness of her life. When she spoke about her relationship with her husband it was as though she were speaking about the parts of an engine, explaining how they worked or did not work.

My husband Tony sometimes says to me that I underestimate my own power, and I wonder whether that makes living more hazardous for me than for other people, the way it's dangerous for those who lack the ability to feel pain.

a gang of female hearties in khaki calling each other by surnames

In any case women are tougher, more adaptable, than men.

It's easy to roam if you have an anchor. - Clive Hollowel

I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.

Once I had feared that telling the truth would be like falling, that love would be like hitting the ground, but here I was, my feet firmly planted, standing on my own.

She still held sorrows, but she was not made of them. Her life was not a tragedy. It was a history, and it was hers.

Always I hev my fists and my war pipes!

Voters see I'm a fighter.