Bending Quote by John Greenleaf Whittier

I began to read the Holy Scriptures upon my knees, laying aside all other books, and praying over, if possible, every line and word...I…

— George Whitefield

“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion.”

— Franz Kafka

“The soul must bend to endure.”

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more. If…

— Joan of Arc

“I would not have a god come in To shield me suddenly from sin, And set my house of life to rights; Nor angels…

— Sara Teasdale

Then, when much blood had clogged their chariot-wheels I would go up and wash them from sweet wells, Even with truths that lie too…

— Wilfred Owen

“There is really nothing so comforting to the beaten of spirit or the broken of skull than a good strong dose of 'Thy will…

— Stephen King

My feet might fail me, my heart might ail me, The synagogues of Satan might accuse or jail me, Strip, crown, nail me, brimstone…

— Jay Electronica

Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.

— James Beattie

“I would rather let affairs break their neck than twist my faith for the sake of them.”

— Michel de Montaigne

“If our souls never ached with disappointments and disillusionments, we'd never fully admit and submit to our need for God. If we weren't ever…

— Lysa TerKeurst

If I have been the source of pain, O God; If to the weak I have refused my strength; If, in rebellion, I have…

— Janet W May