Quotes About Strength

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life.

My version of Superman is essentially of a guy who has spent his whole life alone.

Now that she had no strength, now that life stretched around her a dreary procession of sullen, useless days, she realized the beauty inherent in life itself, the miracle of health and sane nerves, of the ability to make a living, of being helpful to others.

I'm as strong as I'll ever be without change of interests and surroundings.

2Cor4: 8,9 Because faith gives you the power to hold on in tough times, it produces persistence.

Hard wood grows slowly. Be thoughtful about the shape you want to grow into, and be mindful that there is no shortcut to strength and character. Have the patience to allow yourself and your goals to develop.

A soul cannot be broken. It is not a teacup. If you have suffered abuse of any kind, know that perfection exists untarnished within you.

Today they are still strong and self-sufficient, not wilting flowers waiting for a man to help. They shoe their own horses and peel logs and build homes and get anything done that needs doing. They are feminine and wild as a mountain meadow.

What bends does not break.

I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear.

My hands are small, I know But they're not yours, they are my own But they're not yours, they are my own And I am never broken

Saved From Myself How often I've cried out in silent tongue to be saved from myself in the middle of the night too afraid to move horrified the answer may be beyond the capability of my own two hands so small

I spent a lifetime being small for those closest to me but this is not the woman my son will know

I would try to be as bold as that blue waterfall that had the audacity to liberate itself from stone.

I used my intuition like a weapon; whatever insecurity and weakness I sensed in him, I exploited.

Don't worry mother, it'll be alright And don't worry sister, say your prayers and sleep right It'll be fine lover of mine It'll be just fine Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom No longer lend you strength to that which you wish to be free from Fill your lives with love and bravery And you shall lead a live uncommon

Life takes each of us to the anvil, shapes us with fire and hammer, and some of us break while some of us become stronger, more able to face the day. Even happy.

While the women in Alaska certainly knew they were physically weaker than most men, it never meant they weren't cleaver enough to find a way to get the job done

True safety was not in having armor. It was in vulnerability.

The world can be a hard place sometimes... You have to have heart. You have to be strong. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. Not just any strong, mind you, but loving strong.

Gilda was no longer fleeing for her life.

When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.