Quotes about Strength
Even when everything seems out of control, God remains firmly in control.
— Philip Yancey
Our society arbitrarily defines health as the capacity for work and the capacity for enjoyment, but "true health is something quite different. True health is the strength to live, the strength to suffer, and the strength to die. Health is not a condition of my body; it is the power of my soul to cope with the varying condition of that body.
— Philip Yancey
What counts is the way a person reacts in the face of suffering.
— Philip Yancey
But those of us who follow his conducting through early movements will, with renewed strength, someday burst into song.
— Philip Yancey
A healthy family builds up the weakest members while not tearing down the strong.
— Philip Yancey
There's something unique about having only God to lean on in times of trial.
— Philip Yancey
The healthiest body is the one that feels the pain of its weakest parts.
— Philip Yancey
Only he who is helpless can truly pray.
— Philip Yancey
Faith like Job's cannot be shaken because it is the result of having been shaken.
— Philip Yancey
He transforms pain, using it to teach and strengthen us, if we allow it to turn us toward him.
— Philip Yancey
the Gospels make clear the connection: God forgives my debts as I forgive my debtors. The reverse is also true: Only by living in the stream of God's grace will I find the strength to respond with grace toward others.
— Philip Yancey
Faith like Job's cannot be shaken because it is the result of having been shaken." C.
— Philip Yancey