Strengthen
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it – likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.
Author: Viktor E. FranklTopics: Predicament, Strengthen, Strong, Weakened
No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
Author: Victor HugoTopics: Famous, Idea, Life, Meaningful, Strength, Strengthen, Time
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Author: Victor HugoTopics: Famous, Lack, Life, Meaningful, Mental strength, Strength, Strengthen
It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it, and becomes trustworthy as you trust it
Author: Thomas de QuinceyTopics: Famous, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Memory, Strengthen, Trust
You must open a little, or rather raise on high your corolla so that the Bread of Angels may come as divine dew to strengthen you, and to give you all that is wanting to you.
Author: Thérèse of LisieuxTopics: Divine, Famous, Feelings, Little, Meaningful, Strengthen
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Author: Edmund BurkeTopics: Famous, helper, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Nerves, People, Sharpen, sharpens, Skill, Strengthen, strengthens
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the present time will you grow more surely toward the stars.
Author: Brian TracyTopics: Challenges, Famous, Handle, Inner Strength, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive, Present, Present moment, Seems, Star, Stars, Strength, Strengthen
In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
Author: Corrie Ten BoomTopics: Order, Reality, Realization, Realize, Stories, Storms, Strengthen, Stress, Worth
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Author: Helen KellerTopics: Character, Experiences, Famous, Inspirational, Inspired, Learning, Soul, Strengthen, Success, Suffering
Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are.
Author: Charles Bukowski
Topics: Revealed, Revealed truth, Strengthen, Stress, Under, Underdeveloped
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
Author: George EliotTopics: Famous, Feel, Human souls, Joined, Memories, Strengthen, Support System, Unspeakable
I’m learning to use others’ weaknesses. I don’t hammer a man’s soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.
Author: Arthur AsheTopics: Famous, Learning, Life, Meaningful, Moment, Really, Strengthen, Weakness
Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
Author: Blaise PascalTopics: Injustice, Justice, Strength, Strengthen
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
Author: Billy GrahamTopics: Signs, Strength, Strengthen, Tears, Weakness
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
Author: Benjamin FranklinTopics: Absence, Presence, Sharpening, Sharpest, Strengthen
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
Author: Baruch SpinozaTopics: Absence, Character, Famous, Meaningful, Peace, Strength, Strengthen
One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
Author: Barack ObamaTopics: Christian, Citizen, Experiences, Famous, Ideal, Life, Meaningful, Muslim, Nation, Positive, Strength, Strengthen
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity
Author: Albert SchweitzerTopics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Material Possessions, Overcome, Overcoming, Quiet Strength, Strength, Strengthen
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Silence, Strengthen