Quotes About Strength

Being a soldier is about keeping your terror in check.

The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him.

A queen could not show herself afraid, even when she was.

I did not come here to win," Lan whispered, smiling. "I came here to kill you. Death is lighter than a feather.

No son espadas ni fuerza muscular lo que necesitamos ahora —discrepó Nynaeve—, sino inteligencia. Los hombres suelen pensar con el pelo que tienen en el pecho. —Se tocó el pecho con aire ausente, como si palpara algo debajo de la chaqueta—. La mayoría de ellos lo hacen.

Strangely, she still felt no fear. She thought if she survived this, she would never feel fear again.

Your flesh will wither, but you are your heart and mind, and they do not change except to grow stronger.

But I defied you!" "A Wise One cannot allow others to step upon her," Amys said. "If she comes into the shade of our sisterhood thinking like an apprentice, then she will never see herself as one of us.

Muad'drin tia dar allende caba'drin rhadiem!

And so he did. He wished he could protect them better, but he would simply have to carry that burden. The secret, it turned out, had not been to harden himself to the point of breaking. It had not been to become numb. It had been to walk in pain, like the pain of the wounds at his side, and accept that pain as part of him.

These days, only the heat of anger gave him the strength to keep moving.

Los Valdar Cuebiyari! Los! Carai an Caldazar! Al Caldazar!

easier to be brave, he discovered, when someone needed your protection.

What had to be endured, could be.

Een hele mond vol,' mompelde ze, en drukte haar gezicht tegen de brede borst van haar echtgenoot. Het voelde heerlijk om op zijn kracht te steunen, al was het maar voor even, terwijl hij haar haren zacht streelde.

Aan'allein morirá el día que sepa que habéis muerto.

Warder's blade met black steel from the forges at Thakan'dar with a clang like a great bell, the toll echoing in the hollow, a flash of blue light filling the air like sheet lightning.

Lead by example. Require strength, but first show it.

No point in crying when the iron split; you just reforged it.

A woman is no less a woman because she carries a spear.

Think, if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.

own ears alone. "They cannot possibly take it, but. . . ." She took a

As always! Why should I be surprised? Spread the word, Nynaeve. Tell Ituralde, Rhuarc, King Darlin. Tomorrow, we invade Shayol Ghul and claim it as our own! If we must put our head into the lion's mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!

He could cut a Trolloc in half with a gateway at three hundred paces, and summon fire from inside Dragonmount itself, and he still wanted to carry a sword. It was, she decided, a male thing. I