Quotes About Strength

Te atacarán no por ser débil, ni demasiado alto o torpe, no por sensible, afeminado o tímido, ni siquiera por tener éxito… Te atacarán por ser un hombre libre, libre incluso cuando te hayan privado de tu libertad».

Remember, that on the contrary a donkey is not only an intelligent animal, but also an obedient, polite and hard-working one. But if it's overloaded beyond its capacity or expected to be a race horse, it will stop and say, "I cannot do this. Do whatever you want." And you can beat it all you want – it won't move.

Com'è l'Africa? - gli chiedevano. - Stanca.

Sono i desideri che salvano. Quando era troppo tardi, io ho iniziato a desiderare. Con tutta la forza che avevo. Mi sono fatta tanto di quel male che tu non te lo puoi nemmeno immaginare.

Non c'è più tempo per fuggire e forza per resistere

Non ha mura, Timbuktu, perché da sempre pensano, laggiù, che la sua bellezza, da sola, fermerebbe qualsiasi nemico.

Qualsiasi grande può regredire a inutile comparsa se una mutazione cambia il punto di vista e rende difficile annoverarlo fra i profeti dal nuovo mondo. [...] Non è tanto una questione di forza della singola opera e del singolo autore: è la prospettiva che detta la regola: poi, solo dopo, interviene quella forza, a orientare i giudizi.

Non è un problema di fatica, di paura della fatica, di rammollimento. Ve lo ripeto: per Monsieur Bertin quella fatica era un piacere. Aveva bisogno di sentirsi stanco, di quel tour de force lo rendeva grande, e sicuro di sé.

Surface beauty: blond hair, blue eyes - she was looking at me - is always easy to recognize. But if someone is braver, stronger, smarter, that's harder to see. - Kendra Hilferty

I'm fine. I have bad dreams but I never saw Mister Duck again. I play video games. I got my thousand-yard stare. I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a lot of scars.

Let me tell you something: I am a man.

Fend kiling dorong leh warrata ka iteh tee.

Courage is accepting your fear and doing whatever needs to be done anyway. Cowards are people who can't face up to their fear and let it get the better of them. There's always a place for courage. There's always something that can be done. You might not see it right away. Sooner or later something comes to mind that can help you through it. You make up your mind that it's okay to be afraid and you are going to be all right. Then you do what has to be done. That's courage.

the longer I've lived with cancer, the more my definition of toughness has changed. I used to think not crying meant you were tough. Now I think crying means you're tough. It means you're strong enough to be honest and vulnerable. It means you're not pretending. And not pretending, being able to let your guard down and show people how you truly feel and admit that you're a wuss, is one of the toughest things a person can do.

I don't like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don't get well, then you are a loser. If you have decided to stop treatment, you are giving up. That's nonsense....It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don't. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.

There's nothing wrong with a man shedding a tear.

Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.

Yet I still believe in the will to live. I believe in positivity. I believe in optimism. I believe in hope, and I certainly believe in the power of prayer.

When you are part of a group, then you have a common purpose. A common goal. Your resolve is increased and you can do marvelous, marvelous things together that would not be possible if you were left to your own devices. It's okay to think Rambo is great. But Rambo with a dozen other Rambos can accomplish tremendous things.

If you're able to, you should share your experiences so that people out there can say, "I'm not alone. There's somebody else going through the same thing, and they're bearing up well. Maybe I can also." If that's a way for you to inspire people, then there is a lot of merit in that.

Indifference towards fortune is the most beautiful beam of the sun which can light one noble sword.

Good Heaven! That is enough to drive away all my pains; I could mount him with thirty balls in my body. On my soul, handsome stirrups!

Ideas never die, but they just sometimes fall into a dream, only to be awaken much stronger than they were when asleep

your fortune looks like the pyramids. When someone would want to tear them, he wouldn't dare to, and when he dares to, he couldn't do it.