Quotes & Sayings About Finding Strength In Tragedy

Adversity is the mother of progress. — Mahatma Gandhi

Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if you're building a car you usually have the luxury of producing several prototypes before you arrive at the production line version - so the opportunity for changing things is quite rich. — Kevin McCloud

You are more important to yourself than you think you are. — Bill Cosby

He that has trained his children for heaven,
rather than for earth- for God rather than for man- he is the parent who will be called wise at the last. — J.C. Ryle

Women in our generation, we were taught we can be and do anything as long as we work hard. But you can't work hard enough for two people. — Stephanie Klein

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?"
For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime."
I can live with that," he said, and kissed her. — Laura Lee Guhrke

I ... you mean me?"
"Quite naturally, when I said, 'What about you, yourself,' I meant
you. — Bess Streeter Aldrich

There is never an absolute answer to everything, except of course that you have to do your squats. — Mark Rippetoe

Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision. — Patrick Cleburne

He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what kepes us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be. — John Bingham