Quotes about Strength

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.

Wisdom can't prevent the storm.

Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.

You are greater than anything that can happen to you. In a big and terrifying crisis, people find within themselves a power and a strength and also a wisdom they had no idea they possessed.

Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered every day!

If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.

Deep, contended joy comes from a place of complete security and confidence [in God] - even in the midst of trial.

Resist your fear fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not it takes a very strong person to forgive.

Others can inspire you, but ultimately the only thing that empowers you is what lies within you and learning how to better utilize what you've been given.

Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life.

Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out for self-disdain! If we don't apply some of the medicine that we use on others to strengthen ourselves, our patients will be healed and we will be dying.