Strength

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Charles Dickens

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Marcus Aurelius

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Saint Augustine

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.