— Sade Andria Zabala | More Guts Than Fish, More Balls Than You

“Do not call me weak.
It was brave of me to love you, and
it was brave of me to leave you.

It was strength enough for me to walk away
when my legs were shaking,
lungs were aching,
body screaming out for you still

I
walked
away.
And now I’m here.

So don’t ever call me weak.
I am courageous as fuck.”

— Mandy Hale

“You can love them, forgive them, want good things for them… But still move on without them.”

Reservoir of strength

Many of your greatest blessings can stay buried for years under layers of comfort and complacency. Often, you realize the full value of those blessings only when difficulties come along.

Life’s most serious challenges do not arrive so as to punish you. Rather, they serve to shine a light on what is truly meaningful and valuable.

You have strengths and skills that you may never know about until a crisis compels you to uncover them and put them to use. In times of great difficulty, you are forced to call upon a reservoir of strength you may have never before known you had.

When life throws great challenges at you, that’s not the time to give up on the values and dreams that mean the most to you. In fact, that’s the ideal time to reconnect with the very best that is within you.

Within your most treasured values you will find your greatest motivation, inspiration, creativity, effectiveness and strength. With each challenge, you have a new opportunity to discover new dimensions of your skills and strengths.

When the difficulties arise, be true to the authentic dreams and values you hold dear. Tap into your reservoir of strength, and rise above each challenge to a higher level of true fulfillment.

— Ralph Marston

— Alain de Botton

“Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.”

inhale/exhale

“I inhale pain and exhale strength.”

........*keep staring*

— Matt Thornton

“The stronger your opponent is, the more relaxed you need to be. The more aggressive your opponent is, the more focused you need to be. The more skilled your opponent is, the more playful you need to be.”

We live in cities,

Compliment and magnify

Compliment people. 

Magnify their strengths, 

not their weaknesses.

— Lyanla Vanzant

“Until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex; But eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, Stick your hands inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past, the memories and make peace with them.”

— Alain de Botton

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

Build the strength and courage

 Build the strength and courage to let go of  anything that no longer makes you happy or  that you no longer grow from. 

— Amy Poehler, Harvard Speech

“Continue to share your heart with people even if it has been broken.”

the single tear that broke my heart… again.

Courage and Strength

she is SIXTEEN!!

— Anatole France

“When I say, “I love you,” it’s not because I want you or because I can’t have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I’ve seen your kindness and your strength. I’ve seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are.”

— Winston Churchill

Continuous effort 

not strength or intelligence

is the key to unlocking our potential.

when life starts falling apart

At moments like this, when loneliness seemed like my only friend, the only place safe to hide from the world at large was under the sheets.

and there are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I’m so angry and bitter. But it doesn’t last too long. Then I get up and say, “I want to live.”

- John Beecher

"Strength is a matter of a made up mind."

“You’re not my weakness. You are my strength.”-Clark “Smallville” Prophecy