Quotes About Strength

There are two ways of being strong: one is pushing people down, the other is pulling people up.

Sometimes the most whole people are those who come from the most broken circumstances.

Si tu ne perds pas de vue ce qui te motives, tu surmonteras toutes les épreuves.

Toi aussi tu es courageux. Mais plus que du courage, tu as en toi de l'amour. Or l'amour est intrépide.

On n'est pas courageux si on ne connaît pas la peur.

There have been seasons of my life when rejection rained down. And then there have been typhoons. Kimberly Rossi's Diary

Though adversity is the fertile soil in which the human spirit best grows, we loathe it still. I do not see how it can be otherwise, for no rational being seeks out pain and misfortune. Still, I cannot help but wonder if it is not somehow wrong to enjoy the fruit but curse the tree.

Everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

My father served in Vietnam. When I was young he told me that everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

There is nothing as weak as water, but when it attacks and is persistent, nothing can withstand it. -Lao Tse

Oftentimes, the hottest fires of hell are fueled from within.

there has never been nor ever will be true equality, in property or rights. Equality is not the nature of the world or even the universe. Even if you could guarantee everyone the same wealth, humans would reject the idea. They would simply find a different standard to create castes, as there will always be differences in intelligence, physical strength, and beauty.

It's been my experience that those with the toughest shells have the softest hearts

Heroes.... More times than not, they are humble beings: small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.

We can't let crazy people dictate our lives.

I believe that, for the most part, we don't succeed in spite of our hardships but precisely because of them.

Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.

Feelings can be like wild animals-we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage

I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.

Usually life's greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.

It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.

He's like an elephant with anger issues.

This world will try to beat you down. Only laughter can counteract that. Laughter is ammunition. Resupply often.

This world will try to beat you down. Laughter is ammunition. Resupply often.'