Quotes About Strength

Some people melted under pressure and some reacted to its squeeze by turning into diamond,

thrust out their right arms

The force is with us all.

Smith in frustration. "If all she wanted was muscle, she could

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are." ?—Arthur Golden

Some people melted under pressure and some reacted to its squeeze by turning into diamond, becoming battle hardened.

its outer Amazon coating was quickly shredded as incoming fire skinned the vehicle alive, revealing the carbyne-reinforced structure underneath. It was like a Terminator whose face had been torn off to reveal the gleaming, indestructible skeleton within.

Douglas E. Richards

Patton said: Pressure makes diamonds.

she whispered through the pain,

Bulging biceps?" she repeated with a broad grin. "Wow. Your imagination is even more potent than I thought.

Maybe it would be well understood in this far future time that resilience, determination, refusal to accept defeat, and ability to bounce back from tragedy were the hallmarks of the human condition.

An impressive group," said the admiral, "with an even more impressive team dynamic. On paper, there is no way a collection of hardened military men, inexperienced civilians, and quirky genius scientists should get along so well." "I think the secret is that they're all decent, caring people," said Cochran. "And they've been through hell and back together." "They're

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome." —Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher (1844-1900)

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome." —Friedrich

Churchill had said, "When you're going through hell, keep going,

but with a man whose entire body was paralyzed. Well, all except for his penis, which enabled them to have three children, although the thought picture of how this was accomplished wasn't something on which she liked to dwell.

Die? That is the last thing I shall do!

There are two kinds of courage: the courage that holds things together and the courage that throws them away. The first is more common; it is the cement of civilization; it is Lucy's. The second is the courage of drunks and suicides and mystics.

Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe.

Douglas Johnson

I could hear him swallowing hard, trying not to cry. Why is it that we always try to be brave at moments when bravery is futile?

Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it.