You must stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
The battle is not to the strong alone. It is to the vigilant, the active, and the brave. A small, disciplined militia can not only hold out against a larger force, but drive it back, because what they’re fighting for rightfully belongs to them.
You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit.
I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time I spent in the asylum is that I could choose madness and spend my whole life without working, doing nothing, pretending to be mad. It was a very strong temptation...
You can achieve anything if you believe in yourself. But the opposite is also true; without strong self-belief you will not go far.
Don’t be like those people who believe in ‘positive thinking’ and tell themselves that they’re loved and strong and capable. You don’t need to do that, because you know it already.
Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn’t just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.
The important thing is to keep the fire in your heart and be strong to overcome hard moments.
We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.
To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.
As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn’t exist in the countries of origin. It’s just a sign of our culture.
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.
Strong people have strong weaknesses.
When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.
There is never the body of a man, how strong and stout soever, if it be troubled and inflamed, but will take more harm and offense by wine being poured into it.
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.
Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.
Before it’s too late, we need to make courageous choices that will recreate a strong alliance between man and Earth. We need a decisive ‘yes’ to care for creation and a strong commitment to reverse those trends that risk making the situation of decay irreversible.