Quotes about Strength
It's been my experience that those with the toughest shells have the softest hearts
- Richard Paul Evans
We do not succeed in spite of our obstacles and challenges. We succeed precisely because of them.
- Richard Paul Evans
I believe that, for the most part, we don't succeed in spite of our hardships but precisely because of them.
- Richard Paul Evans
Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.
- Richard Paul Evans
I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.
- Richard Paul Evans
Usually life's greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.
- Richard Paul Evans
It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.
- Richard Paul Evans
Moses, without any mercy, breaks all bruised reeds, and quenches all smoking flax. For the law requires personal, perpetual and perfect obedience from the heart, and that under a most terrible curse, but gives no strength. It is a severe task master, like Pharaoh's, requiring the whole tale ofbricks and yet giving no straw. Christ comes with blessing after blessing, even upon those whom Moses had cursed, and with healing balm for those wounds which Moses had made.
- Richard Sibbes
From our own strength we cannot bear the least trouble, but by the Spirit's assistance we can bear the greatest.
- Richard Sibbes
Nay, [2] after conversion we need bruising, that (1) reeds may know themselves to be reeds, and not oaks; even reeds need bruising, by reason of the remainder of pride in our nature, and to let us see that we live by mercy. And (2) that weaker Christians may not be too much discouraged when they see the stronger shaken and bruised.
- Richard Sibbes
If those also of the younger sort would ask of themselves, why God should not have the flower and marrow of their age? And why they should give their strength to the devil?
- Richard Sibbes
Some think it strength of grace to endure nothing in the weaker, whereas the strongest are readiest to bear with the infirmities of the weak.
- Richard Sibbes