335 Quotes About Strength-through-adversity

When a good woman stops being afraid, the devil turns and runs.

If you are strong from within, no amount of outside force can break you. But if you are weak from within, a little pressure from outside can knock you down.

I remember; it comes from our weakness. For our power is perfect in weakness because when we are weak, then we become strong.” - Michael

I could never, ever, lean on him or my sister or anyone else. I hadn't chose a life in which I may be cared for and pampered. I'd chosen a different path. And I ought to be grateful..., I told myself, for having obliged me to exert all the strength and energy I had at my disposal. Because in this exercise, the mind acquires strength to bear up against evils that would otherwise overcome it.

The dark times are there for you to grow and to create a dependency on God. This is all part of your sanctification process.

You are allowed one final statement, Mera of Xebel. It will be relayed to the Atlantean Council. Perhaps a curse upon our real? Or a loving goodbye to King Arthur?Mera: Surrender. Now.

I am a miner's daughter," Demelza said. "I was not brought up gentle. Gentleness –is that the right word?– came upon me when I was half grown. I have Ross to thank for that. And you. But it don't alter me underneath. I still have two marks on my back where Father used the belt. There's naught a few drunks could do but what I couldn't give them back. Tis all a matter of being in the mood.

There are so many people who though can fight life and win greatly, yet they have imprisoned their own true strength and they just beg at the feet of defeat and miserable life, knowingly or unknowingly, at the expense of their true purpose! Awake whilst you have life and do something noble with all our might now!

I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides