See, behind all my tough, rough exterior is basically a marshmallow, maybe a pussycat. But not a wimp!

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

I know how to swim through backlash. I can tread water through backlash… If anything, that’s all giving me power.

Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

The relationship to one’s fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one’s striving.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don’t get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything.

Actors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.

That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don’t fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That’s an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can’t cheat real connection. It’s built up slowly. It’s about trust and time.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

I know I’m stronger in the songs than I really am. Sometimes I need to hear it myself. We all need to hear those empowering songs to remind us.

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happen – confession puts us back on the field.

The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we’ll fail, and sometimes we’ll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you’ll find support.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

I defy gravity.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

Though she be but little, she is fierce.

When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‚Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.‘

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection – and usually a little judgment.

I am tough, but deep inside my toughness, I like to let people know I’m an old-fashioned mama’s boy.

I can’t say this enough – the food that you put into your bodies can actually help you get better grades. And it can also affect your performance in sports and other activities too. You see, when you give your body the best possible fuel, you have more energy, you’re stronger, you think more quickly.

Humanity I love you because when you’re hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Demonstrate to the world, there is ‚No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy‘ than a U.S. Marine.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they’re afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.

Security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit; your machine can be taken over totally.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.