Quotes About Strength

la mujer inventó el amor sin compañero. Aventurándose sola en territorios alucinantes, con la audacia de quien no conoce los riesgos

Feminism, like the ocean, is fluid, powerful, deep, and encompasses the infinite complexity of life; it moves in waves, currents, tides, and sometimes in storms. Like the ocean, feminism never stays quiet.

On that long journey she wept all the tears stored in her soul, leaving none in reserve for later sorrows.

Se repetía la metáfora del abedul, que se dobla ante la tempestad, pero no se quiebra.

Y en ese instante, como si lo supiera todo, ella le dijo que el miedo es más fuerte que el deseo, el amor, el odio, la culpa, la rabia, más fuerte que la lealtad

Mothers, on the other hand, are trees with firm roots.

The rural women taught me that courage is contagious and that there's strength in numbers; what you can't do on your own can be achieved together, the more the better.

No one gives you anything in life, Teresa would say, you have to take it by force, and as soon as you get careless they'll take it back.

En medio del invierno aprendí por fin que había en mí un verano invencible.

Maybe the war against this cancer is lost, but meanwhile we can win a few battles.

Caminaba erguido y con el pecho adelante, dispuesto al combate, hablaba con voz de actor y elocuencia de iluminado, era controlado en los gestos, rápido de pensamiento e irreductible en sus convicciones fundamentales

We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.

I was alone, without a single cent, in an unknown country. If I'd learned anything from last year's ill-fated adventures, though, it was not to get overwhelmed by minor inconveniences.

We all have demons in the dark recesses of our soul, but if we bring them out into the light, they grow smaller and weaker, they fall silent and eventually leave us in peace.

Esas mujeres del campo me enseñaron que el coraje es contagioso y que la fuerza está en el número; lo que no se logra sola se consigue entre varias, y mientras más sean, mejor.

Since we're going to suffer, let's clench our teeth," she said. Pain like that, pain of the soul, does not go away with remedies, therapy, or vacations; you simply endure it deep down, fully, as you should. I would have done well to follow my Nini's example, instead of denying that I was suffering and stifling the howl that was stuck in my chest.

It was then that I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women.

Dicen que las mujeres muy bellas son inolvidables, espero que aprendas a vivir sin ella, aunque no la olvides.

La condición femenina es una desgracia, hija, es como tener piedras atadas a los tobillos, no se puede volar.

Piensa que los demás tienen más miedo que tú.

In the midst of winter, I finally found there was within me an invincible summer.' Ã¢â'¬Â "Did you just think of that?

Caminando y caminando por el mundo se irá consolando de a poco y un día, cuando ya no pueda dar un paso más de fatiga, se dará cuenta de que no se puede escapar del dolor; hay que domesticarlo, para que no moleste.

More than by upper-class señoritas, with their long legs and blond manes, I've been impressed by the women of the people: mature, strong, hard-working, earthy.

Docility, praised as a feminine virtue, is our worst enemy; it has never served us well, it is only convenient for men.