Be strong. It is our adversity that leads us to our character.

Often the strongest blades were pounded the hardest, or scorched the most severely; We judge them by their strength and sharpness, not by their prior rough experiences. With our comrades it should be the same....

He lay still, his bloodshot eyes staring blankly before him, and drifted into dreams of his problems, compulsively living out dialogues, summing up emotional scenes with his mother, Dot, and his friends. Repeatedly he chided...

Jealousy shows weakness and we must be strong to except ourselves for who we truly are.

I think it’s because it shows that people–or hobbits, as the case may be–can find strength they didn’t know they had.

Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.

Today you had a very important lesson on taking punches. A lot of people will tell you that the first thing you have to learn is how to take a punch. But I believe the...

We search for happiness across every landscape, if only we knew that the seed in which it first grows, is planted within ourselves…

Confidence is that internal alignment between what you know, what you believe and what you portray.

Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.

I realized that despite the fear and the bruises of life, one has to keep on fighting for one’s dream. As Borges said in his writings “there is no other virtue than being brave.” And...

I may have power but I do not have strength.

A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

Fight for what you want because forever is a long time to be a quitter.

He read disappointment at his response and wondered if she realized that she expected a certain amount of effusive sympathy from the people she told. Rejecting that sympathy made her feel strong, compensating for what...

Isn’t it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?

And even when success comes, as I am sure it will, bear in mind that there are more quiet and enviable joys than to be among the most sought after women at a ball…

I mean, that was the code, wasn’t it? Single girls and taken guys weren’t allowed to be friends. The leash always got in the way.

One can hardly ignore the strength or weakness of the earnings reports coming out nor can they ignore the slowing state of the U.S. economy.

Courage is the collective strength of heart, mind and soul, but the character plays the key role.

Funerals aren’t scheduled.

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9

As you travel along the roads in life, there is a certain kind of peace that comes with knowing you’re on the right path. And when you are faced with adversity, it challenges you but...

Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul.

Thought is my strength and love is my power.

I’m not surprised he wants to challenge me here, where no one can protect me. He thinks I’m a weak woman. He thinks wrong.

Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.

To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it’s always there, however, to be impossible is for one to see his weakness as,...

If you keep running into the same wall over and over again, turn.

Obviously, her bat is what got me interested. She hit the ball extremely well, but her arm strength from behind the plate was also a key reason why we brought her on.

One thing I’ve learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don’t like anyone telling me how I’m supposed to feel or think or what...

Sometimes thatwhich we fearstrengthens ourspirit and givesus a splashof hope.

Though these young men unhappily fail tounderstand that the sacrifice of life is, in many cases, the easiest ofall sacrifices, and that to sacrifice, for instance, five or six years oftheir seething youth to hard...

You make the world come alive. You make the world colorful. You are the inspiration behind all that happens. You are the pillar of strength to many around you, the centrifugal force of your own...

I could stand alone because I knew I was not alone.

Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference...

A partner to share the ups and downs with. Honor and strength, and knowing you’re stronger together than apart

The Storms of This LifeWatching the distant clouds building and growing forevermoreThe harsh wind begins rushing thru the leaves with the branches bending to and froIn the attempts to not give in again I’m standing...

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.

True strength is knowing that you don’t have to be strong every single second of the day.

The greatest battle you must undertake, the foremost battle you must wage, the most important battle that there is, is the battle of courage versus fear – and there can be only one victor –...

She did three runs of slalom training, but not at full strength. She still has some temperature and still feels weak.

William is the most skilled protector that I have ever seen. He is the best.” Determination began to swell inside of me. “Then I will have to be better.” Margo Westly

Brigan was saying her name, and he was sending her a feeling. It was courage and strength, and something else too, as if he were standing with her, as if he’d taken her within himself,...

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Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a...

Someone once told me that life wasn’t fair…and they were right. But I don’t think that life was ever meant to be fair or perfect. It’s not the tragedy, it’s how we deal with it....

We don’t see a bubble because the strength didn’t come from speculative demand. It came from low 30-year mortgage rates, good demographics and other good fundamental factors that boosted demand. Even if demand declines, we...

& may you shine on in the sky with diamonds & dreams…do it for the suit behind the platform, who only wished he were free.have strength in freedom.

In terms of overall strength of the insurgency, I would say it is the same as it was,