Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.

You may say suicide is a loss of control and cowardly. Foolish as it may sound, I am prepared to argue.

And I realized that some things just don’t work that way. Life isn’t a fairy tail. And the person you fall in love with doesn’t always love you back. But that’s ok, because at the very least it makes you stronger. And brings you to a place where you can fall in love with yourself....

I was praying, ‘just give me the strength, Lord, to … hopefully come through for my teammates,

I believe being strong means I can kiss you and still fight my enemies and succeed. I can show emotion and be complicated and hope for love and family and friends in a world that is telling me I can die tomorrow.

Sic vis pacem para bellum – if you want peace, prepare for war.

And take my strength too. Whatever of it you can use to— to keep yourself going.

I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.

Then Samson said. With a donkeys jawbone I have made donkeys of them. With a donkey’s jawbone I have killed a thousand of them.

This is what it means to be a woman in this world. Every step is a bargain with pain. Make your black deals in the black wood and decide what you’ll trade for power. For the opposite of weakness, which is not strength but hardness. I am a trap, but so is everything. Pick your...

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith….

For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men,...

If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.

Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.

It’s impossible to walk through solid rock… You have to walk between the molecules that make up the rock.

Vulnerability does not take away your strength

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Gain strength through adversity…!

It was supposed to say “Great Artist” on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say “such a good teacher/daughter/friend” instead; and what I really want to shout, and want in big letters on that grave, too, is FUCK YOU ALL.

The biggest thing, aside from his strength, is he always changes things up. He doesn’t do the same thing every time. He’s definitely an underrated cornerback.

Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.

No god craves weaklings.

I’m stronger than a pack of crackers and a pack of midgets, but not the PAC 12. PAC 11, maybe, but not 12.

Life had been hard on this girl, Jacob, but she had enough courage for an army.

By God’s grace and mighty power, we can do great deeds.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.

Those are areas that have shown real strength.

I believe in love. I believe it transforms, transports, and transcends. I believe it fine-tunes goodness, solidifies strength, ripens resolve, eradicates rage, alleviates stress, and elevates empathy.

But if you ask me what I remember (about 1945), I will say it was the year Franklin D. Roosevelt died and I got one of his flowers. I will tell you that yellow rose give me the courage to do the right thing even if it was hard. I will say it was the...

Plants die off when their roots have no water to sustain them. May your tears feed the roots of love in your heart and bring healing to your soul. May God grant you the strength to move on, knowing there’s so much ahead of you.

Any coward can instill fear. It’s easy to scare people, but having the strength to make them feel safe? Now that’s power.

Normally, this value would correspond to a system of hurricane strength.

You had a choice: you could either strain and look at things that appeared in front of you in the fog, painful as it might be, or you could relax and lose yourself

Life must be lived at the right time. Death is not scary when one dies after having lived fully. One must choose to live though and face all adversities.

the power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and one will ever save you.

And yet, because I am without a doubt mortal, I have the troubling desire to do good, to please, to communicate my warmth, to still be very beautiful sometimes to inspire a taste for beauty. I know that these times are not fertile in grace…I am afraid tomorrow the grace of woman…may be recognized as...

Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice. It feels as if Hades and his vile demons have risen from the depths of Tartarus solely for the purpose of banding to personally torture you, and that their genuine intent of mental, emotional, and...

I used to think you were weak and just didn’t fight back … but now, honestly, I think you’re actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

There are two bonds formed – belonging together and suffering together.Which bond will withstand the true test of Darkness?

The greatness of the man’s power is the measure of his surrender.

doubt is like a current you have to swim against, one that saps your strength.

We live in a world full of people who are satisfied with pretending to be someone they are not.

If one lied, or put you down, don’t mourn don’t grieve, for why do you care, you don’t want to be friends with the mean.

Base and precious metals remain in a virtuous circle with each appearing to feed off the strength of the others.

I’m grateful I had the strength to fight. It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come, especially when you are flat on your back and don’t know if you’re going to see tomorrow. I’m no Pollyanna, but I believe optimism is a choice — a muscle that gets stronger with use. Right...

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God’s strength is always there for us.

Stupidity isn’t the only thing humans carry inside of them. I’ll show you that we also have the power to purify.

Yet again we’re seeing relative strength in the technology sector and we’ve really seen this for about a week. Big Tech is leading the market and that’s a good sign for that sector.

It’s easy to point out other people flaws, but it takes TRUE courage and strength take a look in the mirror, admit personal flaws AND strive to do and be better. That’s growth!