Quotes About Strength

I don't play ball because I want attention. I do it because it gives me the opportunity to bust somebody's head. And I just love to do it. I love what I do.

I don't have to put on shoulder pads and run out there and let somebody hit on me a little bit.

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

I think we all have to fight the werewolf within us somehow.

Before, Indian people had been so defeated, they were always looking for outsiders, for the government, to somehow come in and fix things. But now, they seem to realize that they're the only ones who can save themselves.

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.

Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're a working woman or you're not. I'm raising two girls, and I say to them, 'I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful... You can be all of these things.'

One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized, who have no means or resources and somehow manage to get out of those situations with incredible strength - and that is more important than anything.

I always knew that I would have to make it on my own somehow.

You have to be someone.

I'm not someone who frequents the gym, pretty much ever.

I'm not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I'm not going to back down.

How can you beat someone that's already lost everything?

I guess I look like a rock quarry that someone has dynamited.

I'm always challenged by someone.

Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.

True love withstands the storms of life.

There is no need for me to worry, I've already been here somany times and each time I have made it throughalive

It is astounding how women influence our entire ambit, and that's in this 'manly' world! They amaze you, don't they? And man, we get amazed!

Noorilhuda, The Governess

Sometimes, I just want to be comforted—I don't want to be or appear to be stronger than I am.

My Strength, My Portion, My Life is found in the overwhelming love of God by, in, and through Christ Jesus!

Watching you stand alone, all of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.