Quotes About Strength

As to the members of a Democracy, they are the best sort of people in the world; but then they are but a puny sort of gentry, as to strength, put them all together; and apt to be a little defective in point of understanding.

Kings are (nay were before they were Kings, since it was this qualification determined their subjects to make them Kings) as strong as so many Hercules's; but then, as to their wisdom, or their goodness, there is not much to say.

I know the journey seems so long You feel you're walking on your own But there has never been a step Where you've walked out all alone Troubled soul don't lose your heart Cause joy and peace he brings And the beauty that's in store Outweighs the hurt of life's sting

Joy comes from having a relationship with the unchanging God and transcends any trial we can face on this earth.

In Machiavelli, as in Darwin, nature is set against nature. Fortuna, impersonal blind chance, the agency of floods, havoc-wreaking storms and plagues, confronts virtù, the power of mind to outwit the entropic, leveling tendencies of physical forces. The essence of virtù is to be clever and strong, and it is ethically neutral.

Mix an anorexic body with a heart made of pure fire and you are going to go with a savagery that's hard to explain.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

God grant that this war not last as long as we are able to endure it

So it is with grief where, if all goes well, can come a strengthening of the inner world, of memory and definition.

Try to prise a limpet away from its rock and it will cling all the harder.

God did not hear the prayers of the fearful, for the hearts of the fearful held no belief.

Above all, the system had prized integrity above intellect; 'learning and cultivation of the mind come last, character, heart, courage, strength and physical address are in the first rank'.

like a tank following a sports car through a slalom course.

I've learned that depending on others isn't a sign of individual weakness, but of communal strength.

When you're in hell, there's nothing left to fear.

To will and to run are mine, but they will cease to be mine unless God brings me His continual aid.

And although to the strong he has pointed out the prize of their high calling, [ Philippians 3: 14 ] yet he suffers none to faint by the way; [ Matthew 15: 32 ] while he applauds those who lead the van, he does not despise those who bring up the rear.

Everybody have a problem in their life but, not everybody have the courage to face it

After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to the brain, "Now, rise, and show your strength. Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; spread your white wings of quivering thought, and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you, up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity!

If the enemy sends it's Goliath into battle, it magnifies our cause.

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

Lady, I'm like, a kryptonite member.

every warrior must face defeat and that defeat does not define the warrior any more than words define the heart of a lion.

We may feel that a particular habit 'isn't too bad,'but continually giving in to that habit weakens our wills against the onslaughts of temptation from other directions.