Quotes About Strength

I am my own dragon. I decide for myself.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life." —Maya Angelou

You are an animal of nature, fully endowed with hearing, sight, intellect, and dangerous defenses. You are not easy prey, so don't act like you are.

The Bulletproof Mind

Most human predators, however, seek power, not food. To destroy or damage something is to take its power.

The way circus elephants are trained demonstrates this dynamic well: When young, they are attached by heavy chains to large stakes driven deep into the ground. They pull and yank and strain and struggle, but the

I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life.

The human spirit is a mysterious thing: traumas that flatten some people bounce off of others.

When Gertrude Ederle struck out from France she left behind her a world which has believed for a great many centuries that woman is the weaker vessel. Much of government, most of law and practically all of morality is based upon this assumption. And when her toes touched the sands of England, she stepped out of the water into a brand-new world. It may be that she will turn out to be an even greater discoverer than Columbus. It was only a continent which he found.

adversity is a constant requirement of existence.

the less breath you feed your fear, the bigger your fear gets.

Don't be scared...Women can handle the worst kind of pain. You'll find out one day.

She didn't care that people called her a bitch. 'It's just another word for feminist,' she told me with pride.

This is the you I like. You definitely dressed sexier and are, you know, blond, and that's different. But the you who are tonight is the same you I was in love with yesterday, the same you I'll be in love with tomorrow. I love that you're fragile and tough, quiet and kick-ass.

It's my turn to see you through,' she whispers, coming back to me and wrapping me in her blanket as I lose my shit all over again. She holds me until I recover my Y chromosome.

Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks.

And I bet she'll be a stronger person because of what she's lost today. I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.

You had a pile of rocks, and you cleaned them up pretty and made a necklace. Meg got jewels, and she hung herself with them.

And the voice grows stronger and stronger, and it's my voice this time and it's asking a question: How does she know?

Remember, the opposite of bravery is not cowardice, but conformity.

It's an act of bravery to feel your feelings.

no way through it but through it," I tell myself.

There's something comforting in that. To go down as a family. No one left behind.