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Quotes About Strength

In Psalm 90, Moses wrote: The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years (v.
~ Jimmy Evans
The Devil makes easy prey of people who emotionally navigate their lives and marriages
~ Jimmy Evans
So clear off the streets when the sun goes down because darkness has always been hers, it's where she's lived all her life and she can see in the dark, cry in the dark, eat and love and hurt in the dark, it's hers and it's all we gave her, so when she catches us there in it, she doesn't give a shit who we are, what color we are, she'll bring it to us, make us feel a little of the darkness she's felt and lived in all her life.
~ Jimmy Santiago Baca
Ten inches of raw uncut power.
~ Jimmy Trips
Her dread of fire was almost as strong as her fear of deep water. She wasn't so much afraid of dying as she was of pain. If they had to die, she just hoped it wouldn't hurt too much. Or for too long.
~ Jinx Schwartz
coffee strong enough to grow hair on a frog,
~ Jinx Schwartz
To all the fallen: may they be young forever in heaven. To all the wounded: may they have strength and heal. To all the bereaved: may they feel joy again. And please God," he added quietly, "may there one day be an end to war.
~ Jo Beverley
toward the fire. Above the
~ Jo Beverley
El miedo no es vergonzoso, sólo lo es la cobardía.
~ Jo Beverley
Weakness begets evil
~ Jo Goodman
You might just be able to make it, Alex," he whispered, to give her strength. "And you might just be able to stop me," she said, returning it.
~ Jo Goodman
I don't think you realize how different it is for me than for you. You can make your way by your own wits and claws, while I must always be dependent on some male to protect me. Wits I may have, but claws I am without, and while hands are useful for writing and fine work they are no use in a battle.
~ Jo Walton
I want to run so much sometimes my body aches with longing more than the pain from my leg.
~ Jo Walton
Ah, para não se ter medo é que se vai à raiva.
~ João Guimarães Rosa
Sô Candelário chega exclamava, chorava: dizia que nunca tinha chefiado pessoal tão valente feito nós, com tantas capacidades.
~ João Guimarães Rosa
O que demasia na gente é a força feia do sofrimento, própria, não é a qualidade do sofrente.
~ João Guimarães Rosa
It is some accomplishment to suffer fear, but to plod on nonetheless. There is some pride in survival.
~ Joan Barfoot
When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.
~ Joan Bauer
We read to learn and to grow, to laugh, to be motivated, and to understand things we've never been exposed to. We read for strength to help us when we feel broken, discouraged or afraid. We read to find hope. We read because we're not just made up of skin and bones, and a deep need for chocolate, but we're also made up of words, words which describe our thoughts and what's hidden in our hearts.
~ Joan Bauer
I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.
~ Joan Bauer
Staring down hard truth takes guts.
~ Joan Bauer
I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.
~ Joan Bauer
Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.
~ Joan Bauer
It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.
~ Joan Bauer