strength

I counted the living and gathered them within me and the light that broke through embraced all the life that I had within me...

Some are born strong and others are made strong.

Because I found the strength to do the things I believe in, and the will to stop doing the things I don't believe in.So I have discovered what it means, to be at peace.

Whenever you should question your self-worth, always remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

I am a woman of prayer.

When flash of hope scans through your dreams. When news of goodness skims the surface of your expectations and bravery abates, break not, keep pressing less the dreams of your fingers suffer extinction.

We have one world. We have one chance; to be a united force of positive strength, to feed humanity the light of being humane." Jessica Edouard

WISDOM is the STRONGEST weapon you could EVER acquire in your LIFETIME.

May we continue to encourage one another, so that we will increase in strength and in wisdom.

In all likelihood he would eventually destroy her, unless he found the strength to let her go.

Gather the scattered fragments of your broken heart. Pick them up off the floor and weave them into the tapestry of your life so that when you find the light again-and you will- you'll remember that love can only be lost because it was once found. You are healing and you are growing and everything you are is good enough.

I'm not a size zero, I'll never be a size zero, and the number of fucks I give about that is zero.

It is not because men__ desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak. There is no natural connection between strong impulses and a weak conscience. The natural connection is the other way. To say that one person__ desires and feelings are stronger and more various than those of another, is merely to say that he has more of the raw material of human nature, and is therefore capable, perhaps of more evil, but certainly of more good. Strong impulses are but another name for energy.

Releasing a slow breath, she raised her chin and finally turned her gaze on Qureshi. The moment their gazes connected she felt a surge of power go through her. Throughout her nine hellish months of captivity, she__ been forbidden to look him in the eye. She__ known better than to even try, because she__ known what would happen to her if she did. But they weren__ in Afghanistan anymore and he was no longer the one calling the shots. She held the authority now. Her life, her opinions, had value here. And her voice, silenced for so long, would now speak for all the victims unable to. Her voice would not only be heard here in this courtroom__t would be his undoing.Qureshi stared back at her with an insolent, almost bored disdain on his scratched face, making it clear what he thought of her. To him she was nothing but an infidel whore, a commodity less valuable than a goat or mule, to be bought and sold whenever it suited him, handed out to one of his soldiers as a prize of war. Well this infidel whore is about to bury you, you son of a bitch. Holding that cold, hateful gaze in the taut, hushed silence that filled the courtroom, she sent him another silent message. Let him see it in her eyes. You didn__ break me. I__ no longer afraid of you. You no longer have the power to hurt me or anyone I care about. And by God, I__l make sure you never have the chance to hurt anyone else again.

Strength of character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break, it's also about how much you can handle after you've broken.

For those who have learned what suffering is early on, you have prepared ahead of the pack so that you can take care of the pack.

Plants die off when their roots have no water to sustain them. May your tears feed the roots of love in your heart and bring healing to your soul. May God grant you the strength to move on, knowing there's so much ahead of you.

Where you are and what you have been through has you perfectly placed to move forward. Stronger, braver, wiser.