Quotes about Strength

I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.

I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.

I love, therefore I am vulnerable.

She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

To love is to be vulnerable; and it is only in vulnerability and risk—not safety and security—that we overcome darkness.

God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.

George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now.

If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.