Quotes About Strength

Don't worry, Evie; my heart isn't broken, only bruised.

You should know by now that love is never a weakness, Ares. Love is the mortal world's greatest strength.

Not only do women hold up half the sky; we do it while carrying a 500-pound purse.

I'd say it's time for women to make a stand. And it's far, far easier to make a stand when you're wearing comfortable shoes.

The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they're drenched in sweat.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

sometimes holding on to anger is important to people and is what keeps them going.

Sometimes we have to break down to break through.

Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light.

In the changing weather of life, rather than drift with the currents or be cast about in storms, be the wind at your own back.

Life provides ample opportunity to test our mettle. When circumstances call for it, let's give ourselves a break and ask for help.

Fear not your flame as you flood your caverns with firelight.

Nothing is lost in a stumble, only in the refusal to get up.

Like flowers blooming through cement, we, too, can grow beyond our cracks.

No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you're out.

From the depths of your well, tap your will.

No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen

I did everything Fred did, only backwards and in high heels.

Malhadada suerte la nuestra de mujeres fuertes y temidas de los hombres! ¡Tenían que encerrarnos, humillarnos, pegarnos, para olvidar el temor que les inspirábamos y sentirse reyes!

El problema para mí no es lo que se piensa de las mujeres, sino lo que nosotras hemos aceptado pensar de nosotras mismas. Nos hemos dejado culpabilizar por ser mujeres, hemos dejado que nos convenzan de que nuestras mejores cualidades son una debilidad. Lo que tenemos que hacer es demostrar cómo esa manera de ser y actuar femenina puede cambiar no solo este país, sino el mundo entero

Nos hemos pasado demasiado tiempo arrepintiéndonos de ser mujeres —decía— y tratando de demostrar que no lo somos, como si serlo no fuera nuestra principal fuerza, pero no más: vamos a tomar cada estereotipo femenino y llevarlo hasta las últimas consecuencias.

Llueve copiosamente sobre mi cara y sólo pienso en tu lejano amor mientras cobijo con todas mis fuerzas, la esperanza.

The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights.