Quotes & Sayings About Being Strong Amidst Trials

The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends. — John C. Calhoun

I fuck like I'm Thor. — Colleen Hoover

As far as I can recall, none of the adults in my life ever once remembered to say, Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams. However, you're not going to feel that a lot in seventh grade. Just hang on. — Anne Lamott

We're exactly like this storm, Jake. Fiery, hot, even crazy. But you know what? Yu know the problem with sizzling summer storms?"
"No, what?" Even through the rain, his voice carried the hint of danger. Of wildness that outdid Mother Nature.
"They blow over. You settle back to enjoy the lightning show, the clap of thunder, and poof, they're gone. — Rebecca Zanetti

Mercy and compassion are all the grace left to us. — Jacqueline Carey

It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially. — Saint Francis De Sales

Or else the fatalities of the night would have increased manifold. — Bram Stoker

There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species. — W. Somerset Maugham