Quotes About Strength

The task of the moral philosopher-thinker is to support and strengthen the voice of human conscience, to recognize what is good or what is bad for people, whether they are good or bad for society in a period of evolution. May be a voice crying in the wilderness, but only if that voice remains lively and uncompromising, it is possible to transform the desert into fertile land.

We have faith in the potentialities of other, of ourselves, and of mankind because, and only to the degree which, we have experienced the growth of our own potentialities, the reality of growth in ourselves, the strength of our own power of reason and of love.

Today I, tomorrow you. But this need of help does not mean that the one is helpless, the other powerful. Helplesness is a transitory condition; the ability to stand and walk on one's own feet is the permanent and common one

As a child, every human being passes through a state of powerlessness, and truth is one of the strongest weapons of those who have no power.

Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.

The individual act of will is the strongest, most transcendent part of us. To look upon something with our deepest overriding passions, whether it be rage, grief, hope or love, and yet recognise a greater need or goal, and to say, "I will do this" or "I will not do that", no matter what the personal cost, is a triumph of the spirit. The exercise of the will is the art of humans in the state of being.' --

And I knew it was true, that my words were made of stones, that they would last and I would climb them.

She'd been doing the same things for so long: auditioning, seducing, preening. What if she turned it around, and let the world try to win her for a change?

What he needs," Lee said, "is a father who supports him!" She'd been thirteen, the bravest girl in the world

There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

Beat on the doors until you get what you want. Beat on the walls until your fists bleed.

Surely he had never fainted in his life! He glowed with robust good health and vibrant energy, as if he could conquer all the world and still have strength for a dance and to rescue a maiden or two.

Whoever John Stoner is, he is no magician. He could not have made you into a hero if you had not already possessed the raw material." -Concordia Glade to Ambrose Wills.

Hell of a thing." Bad Jacket shook his head. "He survives that warehouse fire only to fall down a flight of stairs.

She fastened the invisible corset of her composure snugly around herself and prepared to move forward with her plan.

If she'd learned anything about herself over the years it was that self-doubt inevitably led to self-destruction.

Twenty-one hours before Thora's air tube would be removed. How long could she last after that?

Being brave and being fearless are two different things.

While not above the occasional exhibition of an almost theatrical feminine inferiority when petitioning for favours, the habitual self-projection of most was of upright strength, stoical fortitude and self-command.

defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.

When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.

I believe that gay people are different, uniquely gifted with the insights and brilliance that stepping outside the heterosexual norm has given us. That is exactly the source of our power.

I've learned how to make a meal out of pain, how to brand my sorrow.

People marched not just because of what Donald Trump did, but because of what all the Donald Trumps have always done. Women marched not just because a woman had lost, but because we too were all done with losing.