#strength

"The times are chaotic. For me, I would hope that people look at [Angel] and gain strength by it. With everything that I do, I hope that they see people struggling to live decent, moral lives in a completely chaotic world. They see how hard it is, how often they fail, and how they get up and keep trying. That, to me, is the most important message I'm ever going to tell."

"It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony."

"I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."

"Dig deep and empower yourself today. Stand in your inner strength. Be uniquely you."

"There are women who make things better... simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who- through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday... Women like you."

"The path of peace is not a passive journey. It takes incredible strength not to open a can of 'whoop-ass', justifiably, when ones button is pushed."

"Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace."

"We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown."

"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."

"If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is…an opportunity to get to know YOU, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but YOU for your happiness…you will realize that a little loneliness goes a LONG way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful YOU."

"A winner is not someone who wins. It's someone who tries and isn't afraid to lose."

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."

"Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

"Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength."

"The center will hold.” “How do you know?” “Because we are the center."

"There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams."

"It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill."

"I'd run my whole life long to reach you; paddle my way across Atlantic and Pacific; traverse Jungle and Desert to find you; climb cliffs and drop from the sky to rescue you. Anything to be close to you. Any way to say I love you."

"Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul."

"life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat."