Quotes about Strength
Tis Chastity, my brother, Chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel.
— John Milton
What does not destroy me makes me strong.
— John Milton
All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and the courage never to submit or yield.
— John Milton
Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.
— John Murray
Though we can fall of ourselves, we cannot rise without His help.
— John Newton
We learn to tread more warily, to trust less to our own strength, to have lower thoughts of ourselves, and higher thoughts of Him; in which two last particulars I apprehend what the Scripture means by a growth of grace does properly consist. Both are increasing in the lively Christian: —-every day shows him more of his own heart, and more of the power, sufficiency, compassion, and grace of his adorable Redeemer; but neither will be complete till we get to Heaven. I
— John Newton
We learn to tread more warily, to trust less to our own strength, to have lower thoughts of ourselves, and higher thoughts of Him; in which two last particulars, I apprehend what the Scripture means by a growth of grace does properly consist. Both are increasing in the lively Christian—every day shows him more of his own heart, and more of the power, sufficiency, compassion, and grace of his adorable Redeemer; but neither will be complete till we get to Heaven.
— John Newton
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
— John Ortberg
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substnace of all false religion in the world.
— John Owen
Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.
— John Owen
God seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of His sustaining grace.
— John Piper
Did you wake up feeling fragile? Read the bible till you find a promise strong enough to carry you through the day.
— John Piper