There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.
When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
I think I was born strong-willed. That’s not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water!
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.
We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
My family is my strength and my weakness.
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
