Quotes about Strength
Shallow people believe in luck and in circumstances; Strong people believe in cause and effect.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Far off, men swell, bully and threaten: bring them hand to hand, and they are a feeble folk.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhat made useful to him. ...Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults...
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
That divided and rebel mind, that distrust of a sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose, these [158] have not. Their mind being whole, their eye is as yet unconquered, and when we look in their faces we are disconcerted.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our strength grows out of our weakness
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Hero is not fed on sweets Daily his own heart he eats
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real gold fears no fire
- Randy Alcorn
If your faith is based on lack of affliction, it's on the brink of extinction and is only a frightening diagnosis or a shattering phone call away from collapse. Token faith will not survive suffering. Nor should it.
- Randy Alcorn
We don't believe 'in the power of prayer,' but in our all-powerful God who empowers our inherently powerless prayers." —Burk Parsons
- Randy Alcorn
We don't believe 'in the power of prayer,' but in our all-powerful God who empowers our inherently powerless prayers." —Burk Parsons "The
- Randy Alcorn
The fear of God is the death of every other fear; like a mighty lion, it chases all other fears before it." —Charles Spurgeon
- Randy Alcorn
He was so strong." "Compared to Yesu, he is weak. The evil one is but a gou, a dog on a leash." "I've . . . never heard a demon's voice before." "You are wrong." "What do you mean?" "It is not that you have never heard the voices of demons, but that you haven't known you were hearing them." Quan put his hand on Ben's trembling arm. "In America, the voices of demons sound more pleasant.
- Randy Alcorn