"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn
how to do it."
"Only the strong survive"
Don't expect others to treat you better than they treat themselves. If you choose to deal with them (or must), it is best to come from a place of compassion toward their ignorance and lack of love. Be solid enough to deal with it or step back to work on yourself first. ~Danielle Marie Crume
You are built to pull a cart,
to lift a heavy load and bear it,
to haul up the long slope, and so
am I, peasant bodies, earthy, solid
shapely dark glazed clay pots that can
stand on the fire.
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
It is of no consequence of what parents a woman is born as long as she be a woman of merit.
Have you noticed that weak people are the ones who delight to show you how weak you are, while, at the same time, strong people are the ones who delight to show you how strong you are?
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go
"Not to know what things in life require remedying is a crime... It leaves you at the mercy of events - it lets life manipulate you - instead of training you to manipulate life."
"You have to crumble to be made strong by God."
Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.
Being tatttooed has opened up a whole new way of life for me. I now have a whole circle of interesting friends.
To dream anything you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.
Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
I shall die in my boots.
Kick open the saloon doors
Of Heaven or Hell,
Lasso the darkest hombre
And shoot any hat in the house
Who doesn't buy me a drink.
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
~ Bruce Lee ~
Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men."
~ Rollo May, 20th Century Existential Psychologist
We can't give what we don't have.
Find your center of strength and love and give it away.
NOTE: This qoute was found at thinkarete.com
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face... The danger lies in refusing to face the fear, in not daring to come to grips with it... You must make yourself succeed every time. You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your
hand in my failure.
Courage is facing the world even when you're at your worst.
He who is whipped oftenest, is whipped easiest.
A little boy was having difficulty lifting a heavy stone.
His father came along just then.
Noting the boy's failure, he asked, "Are you using all your strength?"
"Yes, I am," the little boy said impatiently.
"No, you are not," the father answered.
"I am right here just waiting, and you haven't asked me to help you."
Author Unknown
LET me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;
but let me find
the grasp of your hand in my failure.
Feel me. I am strong and fierce, yet I am soft and gentle. I have much power, yet I am peaceful and loving. I can defend myself, yet I remain kind and giving. Feel who I am. I have much joy and passion, yet I am not dramatic. I do not indulge in negative emotions.