Quotes About Strength

To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength.

Our elders say that the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

Those who mismanage our affairs would silence our criticism by pretending they have facts not avaliable to the rest of us. Our best weapon against them is not to marshal facts, of which they are truly managers, but passion. Passion is our hope and strenght.

How can a man who has killed five men in a battle fall to pieces because he has added a boy to their family number? Okonkwo, you have become a woman indeed.

A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.

We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.

Men of today have learnt to shoot without missing and so I have learnt to fly without perching.

Il n'y a rien à craindre de quelqu'un qui crie

Nothing is falling apart

Okonkwo never showed any emotion openly, unless it be the emotion of anger. To show affection was a sign of weakness; the only thing worth demonstrating was strength.

Es posible que en el fondo Okonkwo no fuera cruel. Pero toda su vida estaba dominada por el temor, el temor al fracaso y a la debilidad. Era algo más profundo y más íntimo que el temor a los dioses malignos y caprichosos y a la magia, que el temor a la selva y a las fuerzas de la naturaleza, malévolas, de dientes y garras rojos. Los temores de Okonkwo eran peores que todo eso. No eran externos, sino que yacían en lo más hondo de su ser.

Un corazón orgulloso puede sobrevivir a un fracaso general, porque ese fracaso no afecta a su orgullo.

Puisque j'ai survécu à cette année-là, disait-il toujours, je survivrai à n'importe quoi.

The boy who persists in asking what happened to his father before he has enough strength to avenge him is asking for his father's fate...

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

Whenever anxiety knocks on the door of your heart, answer it with prayer.

The heart itself is beyond control. That is its power, and its weakness.

wait for a man to avenge your honor, and you'll wait forever.

I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy. I would use my strength instead to nurture my belief that my life would unfurl uniquely.

DON'T EVEN TRY to love me or I'll knock your socks off

Endure. In enduring, grow strong.

a smart girl is nobody's pushover and nobody's foe. A smart girl is both sword and smile.

A smart girl is nobody's pushover and nobody's foe. A smart girl is both sword and smile.

Remember, aerobic exercise saves your life; strength training makes it worth living.