Quotes about Strength

I was by myself in this frightening place and SHE WAS NOT THERE! my heart sank. I had never felt more alone in my life, and then, just when I was on the point of dying of loneliness and lack of direction, I wailed: ;I: Oh, Grandmother, you are not here! And she said: But you are.

But she keep on. You got to fight. You got to fight. But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.

I'm pore, black, I may even be ugly, but dear God, I'm here! I'm here!

What I love best bout her is what she been through, I say. When you look in her eyes you know she been where she been, seen what she seen, did what she did. And now she know.

They calls me yellow like yellow be my name, They calls me yellow like yellow be my name, But if yellow is a name Why ain't black the same, Well, if I say Hey black girl Lord, she try to ruin my game.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

Evil was defeated because good people rose to the challenge and refused to surrender.

I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.

It's our faith that activates the power of God.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

God never promised that we wouldn't have challenges. In fact, He said just the opposite. His word says, 'Be truly glad!...these trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure…' so if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of His return.

The sad truth is, if you push hard enough, and if you're so stubborn that you must have things your way, God will sometimes allow you to undertake a project without His blessing or at the wrong time. The problem with that, of course, is when you start something in your own strength and in your own timing, you're going to have to finish it and maintain it in your own strength.