Quotes About Strength

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe. So it is in rugged crises, in unweariable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of question, that the angel is shown.

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.

The divine bards are the friends of my virtue, of my intellect, of my strength. They admonish me that the gleams which flash across my mind are not mine, but God's; they had the like, and were not disobedient to the heavenly vision

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world.

Peace has its victories but it takes brave men to win them

Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail.

shallow men believe in luck, strong men believe in cause and effect

I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know.

do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When they are real, they are not glass threads or frost-work, but the solidest thing we know.

Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.

is only as a man puts off all foreign support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.

let him look into [fear's] eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, - see the whelping of this lion, - which lies no great way back; he will then find in himself a perfect comprehension of its nature and extent; he will have made his hands meet on the other side, and can henceforth defy it and pass on superior.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, and thus makes him necessary to society. This native determination guides his labor and his spending. He wants an equipment of means and tools proper to his talent. And to save on this point were to neutralize the special strength and helpfulness of each mind. Do your work, respecting the excellence of the work, and not its acceptableness.

Far off, men swell, bully and threaten: bring them hand to hand, and they are a feeble folk.

The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhat made useful to him. ...Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults...

As a plant upon the earth, so a man rests upon the bosom of God; he is nourished by unfailing fountains, and draws, at his need, inexhaustible power. Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man?

It is only as a man puts off all foreign support, and stands alone, that I see him to be strong and to prevail.

Bir tehdit kar??s?nda tazelenen insanlar vard?r. Tutum ve tasarruf melekelerini deÄŸil; anlay??, sabitlik, özveriye haz?r olma gibi özellikleri ÅŸart koÅŸarak, çoÄŸunluÄŸu korkutan ve felç eden bir buhran, bu insanlara t?pk? gelinleri gibi güzel ve sevilesi gelir. s.178

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life

That divided and rebel mind, that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose, these [158] have not. Their mind being whole, their eye is as yet unconquered, and when we look in their faces we are disconcerted.

Our strength grows out of our weakness

Features well cured make us strong.

The Hero is not fed on sweets Daily his own heart he eats