Quotes about Strength
Only on love's terrible other side is found the place where lion and lamb abide. 'What's that? he asked sharply. something of Mado's. Marguerite Dominique de la Valeur Renier. She drew out the syllables lovingly. My husband's grandmother. Your great-great-grandmother. Love's terrible other side. The other side of the sun. You can't go around it, Theron. You have to go through it.
— Madeleine L'Engle
On a planet that has given in... you must prepare to be very strong.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Joy is what has made the pain bearable and, in the end, creative rather than destructive.
— Madeleine L'Engle
But as she had felt she was beyond fear, so now she was beyond screaming.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Don't be afraid to be afraid.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Many waters cannot quench love,' she whispered. 'Neither can floods drown it.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Meg stamped, loudly and angrily, against the hard, cold surface of the rock.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Strength can always be used to destroy as well as create
— Madeleine L'Engle
It is only when we are fully rooted that we are really able to move.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world
— Madeleine L'Engle
And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All these I place By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness!
— Madeleine L'Engle
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.
— Madeleine L'Engle