Quotes about Strength

know that without the suffering, the growth that I have achieved would have been impossible." Is

it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair.

Fear no more, says the heart.

She fell into a deep pool of sticky water, which eventually closed over her head. She saw nothing and heard nothing but a faint booming sound, which was the sound of the sea rolling over her head. While all her tormentors thought that she was dead, she was not dead, but curled up at the bottom of the sea.

Must, must, must — detestable word. Once more, I who had thought myself immune, who had said, Now I am rid of all that, find that the wave has tumbled me over, head over heels, scattering my possessions, leaving me to collect, to assemble, to head together, to summon my forces, rise and confront the enemy.

Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way.

And then she said to herself, brandishing her sword at life, nonsense.

For nothing [...] is more heavenly than to resist and to yield; to yield and to resist.

I am not going to lie down and weep away a life of care.

The body after long illness is languid, passive, receptive of sweetness, but too weak to contain it.

Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.