Quotes About Strength

only denied him the choice of his will's direction: I never denied him its strength. It's the strength of will they so signally lack themselves which makes the herd so dependent on him. Themselves they pursue their ends so feebly; but he lets no obstacle stand in the way of their faintest unspoken and even unrealized wishes....

Believe you and I sing tiny and wise and could if we had to eat stone and go on.

The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

obedience has a way of strengthening rather than depleting our resources. If we obey in one small corner, we will have power to obey elsewhere. Obedience begets obedience.

Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall be free; Force me to render up my sword, And I shall conqueror be. I sink in life's alarms When by myself I stand; Imprison me within Thine arms, And strong shall be my hand.2

Celebration heartily done makes our deprivations and sorrows seem small, and we find in it great strength to do the will of our God because his goodness becomes so real to us." —Dallas Willard, The Spirit of the Disciplines8

The moment we feel we can succeed and attain victory over sin by the strength of our will alone is the moment we are worshiping the will.

God-with-us" is the essence of deliverance regardless of the specific circumstance. As

If we feed our souls regularly on God's word, several times each day, we should become robust spiritually just as we feed on ordinary food several times each day, and become robust physically. Nothing is more important than hearing and obeying the word of God." —David

Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.

If fucking up is power, I should be the Hulk by now.

All these scars. The road map of my life. My armor.

What I do know is that a famous dead guy once said, "Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed-wire handle.

Thanks, but sometimes I think my sins are the only thing holding me together

What's that old Sunday school warning about how if you fight dragons too long, you can become one? That's been spinning around in my head for years, long enough that I know I'd rather be a dragon than a sheep to the slaughter.

When we get there I say, "If anyone says you ran, point them out and I'll hit them." She grabs my arm. "I don't need you to fight my battles for me." "I'm not fighting for you. I just like punching people.

I hurt like I just climbed out of a cement mixer, and the shot that grazed my side burns like hell. But I don't have time to whine right now.

I've swallowed enough sand that I'm going to shit cinder blocks.

For eleven years, I've been worked over and abused in ways you can't imagine by things you don't want to know about. I've killed every kind of vile, black-souled, dead-eyed nightmare that ever made you piss your pj's and cry for mommy in the middle of the night. I kill monsters and, if I wanted, I could say a word and burn you to powder from the inside out. I can tear any human you ever met to wet rags with my bare hands.

The Magistrate and Empress stand arm in arm like the monster-movie American Gothic.

I guess, if someone was really kicking your ass, you'd want them to be special. I mean, I'd rather have Batman kick my ass than Mickey Mouse any day.

Be a rock, James. Otherwise, you'll lose everything.

Try not to sing too many sad songs for yourself. The universe already hates you. Self-pity isn't going to help.