Quotes about Strength

The struggle of our lives was not a sign that there was still life. If you stopped struggling, that's when you needed to be worried. The fight meant that God was helping you keep going one more day even if you didn't thik you coould make it.

This is the malady of the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it everlasting. They focus on awards, achievements, and what can be done in their own strength while the Almighty desires to work trough their weakness.

Don't quit. Don't give up. God can take the broken pieces and make them beautiful again. It's what he does best.

Good things can come from pain, he said. Not all of it is good, of course, but some of it. And the places it leads are good places, not bad. Never be afraid of the places pain will take you.

You take heart now. Be encouraged. The bad times are really the good times in disguise. And I'm going to get down on my knees tonight and ask God to break through. God is walking with you

Pray and wait. That's what she had done in the past few weeks. And in the waiting came the strengthening of the muscles of faith. It was a whole-faith workout to wait and allow God to do what He wanted to do. As Clara said, it was time to just get out of His way.

There is no greater power on earth than a mother's love, unless it is a mother's guilt.

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

The most beautiful women in the world, I find, are those who have inner confidence.

I think hair is one of the most beautiful things a woman has, it gives you confidence.

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

Your relationships will take you beyond the boundaries of your normal strength. Encouragement gives struggling people eyes to see the unseen Christ.