people are strong despite suffering, not because of it.

“There’s this human capacity for joy and endurance, even when things are at their worst. A joy that occurs not despite our suffering, but…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Despite experiencing the horrors of war, despite the suffering of displacement, despite the pains and traumas of crossing the sea in old boats, despite…

— Patrick Kingsley

The world sees peace as the absence of conflict or pain, but Jesus offers us solace despite our suffering.

— David E. Sorensen

“It occurred to him that loving people made you both strong and weak at the same time.”

— Jean Reynolds Page

I felt strong around and always been around people who have very strong environmental convictions.

— Daryl Hannah

“Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.”

— Roy T. Bennett

I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.

— Zacky Vengeance

It takes strong men and women to love ... people strong enough inside themselves to love ... without humiliation.

— William Inge

“I’ve always been better at being strong for other people than I am at being strong for myself. Maybe it’s the way I was…

— Seanan McGuire

Sometimes you gotta prove to people that your strong, that you can do it. And in time you will show all who thought you…

— Justin Moore-Writer

“All of us need Aarons and Hurs in our lives. We need people who are strong when we’re weak. We need people who are…

— Mark Batterson

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

— George Osborne

When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.

— Osama bin Laden

Strong people have strong weaknesses.

— Peter Drucker

The Japanese people have a strong connection with nature and the ocean and a huge respect for them.

— Daniel Berehulak