Quotes About Courage

My mother is a very strong woman. We were seven kids; five of them passed away. My elder brother and I are alive. My mother lost five kids, her husband, her parents and siblings. But she is so strong, she is living for the people who are alive.

My father left... but I tell my mom - and I told my mom this when I was a kid - I said, 'You know what, Mom? Good thing he left because you're a strong woman.'

I'm a very strong woman.

I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.

The fact is that Sarah Palin positively emanates strength. She gives off the aura of being a strong woman who doesn't back down, and she does it sporting heels and wearing her family like a badge of honour. I am sure there are a million other women out there who are doing the same thing.

My mom is a very strong woman, very tough lady.

I am a strong woman. I come from a background as a prosecutor.

Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that takes guts.

I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.

It's hard to keep moving forward, keep working, and keep your head up, but that's what strong women do. Especially being a mom, I can't fall apart.

I've always been drawn to strong women in every genre, people who push the boundaries because they're just epic.

My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn't have any money, because Africa was the 'dark continent', and because I was a girl.

I feel happy to play strong women because, as an audience member, I feel such characters inspire women when they are down.

I have an appreciation for strong women.

People ask why do I write strong women characters, and basically, all the girls I know are strong; the girls I've had are strong. The women in my life are strong.

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!

I just have that cop gene going on. I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.

With the Bond girls, they've always been these sexy but quite strong women, and that's a nice combination to design for.

I love strong women.

We've always had very strong women in my family.

I have a feisty side to me and I love playing the strong women.

I grew up with strong women around me. My grandmother came to this country not able to speak the language, on her own with seven kids. And she got through it.

I'm far more drawn to performances by strong women than I am to men.

Poland is a country of strong women.