Quotes About Strength

Hope is a very unruly emotion.

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke; that's their natural and first weapon.

Swiftboating enters the English language as a verb that means attacking strength instead of weakness. In feminist and other social justice contexts, this has long been called trashing, attacking leaders for daring to write, speak, or lead at all. Taking away the good is even more lethal than pointing out the bad. p.189

Feminism...is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.

I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.

For women, the only alternative to being a feminist is being a masochist.

The idea that women are 'our own worst enemies' forces us to admit that we don't have the power to be, even if we wanted too.

The purpose of ass-kicking is not that your ass gets kicked at the right time or for the right reason," she often explained. "It's to keep your ass sensitive.

Adalah revolusionar bagi perempuan untuk menyanyikan kepedihan, tapi lebih lagi bila ia menyanyikan seluruh lagu kehidupan

In the same way that individual women are often underestimated, a movement of women is also understimated, but the truth is that, if people realize someone is willing to talk about these deep and daily concerns, they show up.

She didn't put her finger to the wind; she became the wind.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

That's why male adults, and some females too, experience the presence of a strong woman as a dangerous regression to a time of their own vulnerability and dependence.

In the same way that individual women are often underestimated, a movement of women is also underestimated.

If feminism means anything, it means taking responsibility for ourselves: for our own lives and actions. It is not "women as victims" but women refusing to be victims. What we need, as adults or children, is just one person who has confidence in us, so we can have confidence in ourselves.

The best thing about self-defense is knowing there is a self worth defending.

What our bodies can do is way more important than how they look. Sports help young women realize that our bodies are instruments, not ornaments.

We are the women our parents warned us about - and we are proud!

As Vita Sackville-West wrote: I worshipped dead men for their strength, Forgetting I was strong.

If hard things ultimately have a purpose, then they aren't so hard anymore.

Laughter is a rescue.

The best thing about self-defense is knowing there is a self

Pound for pound, she was stronger than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

If hard things ultimately have a purpose, then they aren't so hard anymore.