Strength

It is not the "courage to be" that we must develop as much as the "courage to become." We are responsible for our destiny. The meaning of life is not located in some hidden crevice in the womb of nature but is created by free persons, who are aware that they are responsible for their own futures and have the courage to take this project into their own hands.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith.

Through communication there is understanding.
With understanding there is unity.
In unity there is strength.

To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

But never forget that you can only stumble if you are moving.

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.