Quotes About Strength

Getting better from depression demands a lifelong commitment. I've made that commitment for my life's sake and for the sake of those who love me.

Because I have willed it. And I am not a fairy tale.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.

Having people feel sorry for you wasn't the way to get along in this world.

I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that will be extremely painful. I have put my total faith in God, and he will take care of me.

There was inside her a core of fury and independence and self-preservation, the genetic heritage of survival.

Imagine how free we would feel and what we could accomplish if we could live without fear.

Some people are so strong, they don't need to change [...] They change everyone around them.

Wasn't it heroic enough, just staying alive when life got this hard?

I remember being disappointed when Papa had shown me Caravaggio's Judith. She was completely passive while she was sawing through a man's neck. Caravaggio gave all the feeling to the man. Apparently, he couldn't imagine a woman to have a single thought. I wanted to paint her thoughts, if such a thing were possible -- determination and concentration and belief in the absolute necessity of the act. The fate of her people resting on her shoulders...

Here's the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on is even stronger.

She was the living, breathing proof that the hard things in life didn't have to defeat you - or even define you.

The human heart was such a complex organ, fragile and sturdy all at once.

Courage. Whatever the storm, we must remain invincible.

We're not born to be ruthless, we women. But that's what it takes to hit the hands on the gunwale with an oar until they let go.

Knowing the price and choosing to pay it and keep on paying it, over and over again—that's what makes him invincible.

Susan Wojciechowski

All that interior violence and complication to defend themselves from the very tenderness.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

In the darkness, fear my light.

He has lost so much that was precious. But he has retained what matters most: the girl who just might

I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.

I suddenly wondered if he thought that I was powerless, and then I realized that I was powerless.