There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.
– Washington Irving
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- Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. – Washington Irving
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- Each needs an opportunity to love and experience Love.Yeshua: One Hundred Meaningful Messages for Messengers – Janet G Nestor
- Until now I had been able only to grieve, not mourn. Grief was passive. Grief happened. Mourning, the act of dealing with grief, required attention. – Joan Didion
- Silent tears are the worst. It’s the sign of a broken spirit. No sound, no residual emotions… just tears. Silent, unstoppable tears. – NR Walker
- Maybe your unspeakable defects give you power too? – Rachel Cohn
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- Grief can kill a person emotionally and physically. If not counteracted with God’s strength and power, our personal weakness may debilitate us. – Billy Graham
- Politics is all about dividing up the power. Washington D.C. likes to talk about spreading the wealth, but never spreading the power. – Dan Groat
- These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them. – Jalaluddin Rumi
- Christians, as messengers of God should bring restoration to this earth, become the people who can reform society and the country – Sunday Adelaja
- The destiny of the country depends on the actions and the position of His messengers – Sunday Adelaja
- God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers. – Davis Bunn
- You have immense power–power to overcome, power to achieve, power to possess, and power to prosper, making you incredibly irresistible. – Anitra SheltonQuinn
- The power of your smile accompanied me on my way; but your tears, the tears of concern for me, I will carry forever in my heart. – Kristian Goldmund Aumann
- A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. – Criss Jami
- My weakness is that I care so much!!! She knew my weakness and USED ME as long as she wants! – GK Dutta
- Men’s greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women’s greatest strength is their facade of weakness. – Warren Farrell
- My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength. – Michael Jordan
- If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that’s another weakness. – Jack Handy
- Weakness’ is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes. – Simone de Beauvoir
- And kindness is a weakness. I can see that now. But it’s a weakness I’m still not sure I’d want to give up entirely . – Kallypso Masters
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- How does it feel being a woman’s weakness? I mean a real woman. I mean a real weakness. – Sofa Navarro
- Weakness, like not being able to bury the past. Weakness, like not giving up hope when you know you should. – Julianna Baggott
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- Whatever unspeakable act done to you, write it down, read it, then ball up the paper & sling it hard into the wall. Expunge it from your soul – Ace Antonio Hall
- for though life can have its unspeakable tragedies, there is simply too much joy out there for those who’d seek it. – PS Clinen
- Blessed are the ignorant fools of the world, for they know not the unspeakable horrors that await us all. – Dorkly
- She was partial to the tie. Not too long ago he did unspeakable things to her with that tie. – Melissa Cutler
- Something unspeakable left the room. – William Peter Blatty
- The silence rings-”it is musical & thrills me. A night in which the silence was audible-”I hear the unspeakable. – Henry David Thoreau
- And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also were buried in a vast grave full of unspeakable secrets. – Joseph Conrad