Quotes About Strength

My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.

My mother is extraordinary; she's a superwoman, like so many other single mothers who are out there.

MOTHER (a word that means the world to me)

Successful Mothers are not the ones that have never struggled. They are the ones that never give up, despite the struggles.

Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.

I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself, 'I have a mother.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.

I cannot forget my mother, She is my bridge.

My mother has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room where she is being kept comfortable. Thank you for your continued support.

Detroit... where 'mother' is half a word.

Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.

I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.

The challenges I have faced - among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother - are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me!

My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.

My mother always taught me to be strong and to never be a victim. Never make excuses. Never expect anyone else to provide for me things I know I can provide for myself.

Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

I'm not really single. I mean I am, but i have a son. Being a single mother is different from being a single woman.

And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

[A] mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.

That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.

A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.

I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind - because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'