Quotes About Strength

I spent the next two hours down there, first sitting in the sand, sifting and swirling, watching the grains fall from the webs of my dusty hands and then walking down by the water, collecting those little pieces of beach glass. There were more of them than I thought. They were surprisingly strong. I tried to snap one in half to see if the inside was still shiny and clear like regular glass, but it wouldn't break. Its scuffy exterior was like scar tissue. (67)

In a rush, Joan and Timothy and the log cabin and the prayers and even those tough little pieces of beachglass came into my mind, reminding me that the point is to endure, not to break. (71)

Wendy Corsi Staub

And she never has.

I realized that love is stronger than death and that people you barely know can amaze you.

Lean back, tighten abs, keep arms locked, look for a place to land my hands.

Honey, men are wimps. Why do you think it's women who have the babies?

The words Wow, you're strong for your age almost come out of my mouth, but that doesn't sound very polite.

Men are wimps . Why do you think women have the babies?

he never gave his scars

her ankles, because they all knew that Fred needed to see Nim to make him as brave and strong as he could be.

I remember we crossed a bridge and it trembled underneath our feet because we were so many people.

Here in Germany they respect that I'm strong and independent. But I've also realized how Syrian I am. The way I enjoy human interaction, the way I let people into my life—this is our Syrian, our Arab culture.

even a force field cannot hold back the void only a human embrace

Please do not make me reach for my inner Annie Oakley because she often hangs out with my inner Calamity Jane.

Encouraged to act immodestly, a woman exposes her vulnerability and she then becomes, in fact, the weaker sex. A woman can argue that she is exactly the same as a man, she may deny having any special vulnerability, and act accordingly, but I cannot help noticing that she usually ends up exhibiting her feminine nature anyway, only this time in victimhood, not in strength.

And I suppose in a way you have to hand it to the ex-East End orphan named Lily Shiel. Just what to hand her, I'd be hard put to say.

a man who has the strength of character to leave off when he has only ruined others, is a reformed character.

hace falta mucha más entereza para manifestar emociones que para reprimirlas.

No creo que haya ninguna muerte indolora, aunque solo dure un segundo. Aunque nos corten la cabeza o nos disparen en el corazón. La vida es demasiado fuerte para desaparecer sin algún tipo de sufrimiento.

Don't run from the pain. You have to feel it before it will get better.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

She read every author she could get her hands on who wrote a strong female protagonist who triumphed in the end.