Quotes About Strength

Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life.

Two years of uncertainty is tough for anyone and having everyone call your ability into question is bound to be tough.

My uncle used to fight Vale Tudo, and my mother even cornered him in some of his fights.

Whether you're a mother or father, or a husband or a son, or a niece or a nephew or uncle, breast cancer doesn't discriminate.

I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, 'This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.' The banana in Congo is called 'Dikembe.' So my uncle start calling me, 'Dikembe, Dikembe, look at you Dikembe, you cannot even stand up.' It took a long time for me to walk.

James Brown was the Monday-to-Friday guy. He was the hardest man in show business. He was like your dad and your uncle: He showed up, and he hit hard.

I wasn't an Uncle Tom and I never was gonna be.

When I was in senior year of high school, my mom lost her job, we lost our house, and we had to move in with my uncle and my aunt.

I don't mean to get dark again, but my grandfather has been battling terminal illness. And you know, he never complains. And he has a lot of reasons to complain, but he never complains. And he lost his son a long time ago, when I was a young boy - my uncle. And he never complained.

There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.

I was quite... feminine. Not in my actions, in my ways. If one of my uncles had trouble at school, they'd go to that person and thump him. It's all a man thing. They got sent off to boxing when they were kids. You live in a tough area, you get off to boxing. My auntie tried to do that to me. I lasted six minutes in boxing.

Quitting because you don't want to be uncomfortable will prevent you from growing.

I was a very shy character, always feeling uncomfortable because everybody was stronger than I, and always afraid I would look like a sissy. Everybody else played baseball; everybody else did all kinds of athletic things.

My mother told me never explain, never complain. Even as a young actress, I determined I would never give personal interviews, since they made me so uncomfortable.

Do things that are uncomfortable to do. I say that because women tend to step back from things that they don't know about. And the second, most important one is, push through the fear.

I'm used to being in uncomfortable situations. I actually thrive in uncomfortable environments.

I like someone who has a strong personality, who speaks boldly and makes people uncomfortable sometimes.

Most people don't do front squats because they're uncomfortable, and there are easier alternatives, but to really add size to the quads, they're a must.

I've sort of knocked cancer down to size. It shouldn't be something that makes people uncomfortable.

I am comfortable with being uncomfortable.

I want everyone to know what it's like to be very, very uncomfortable and to push themselves anyway. It helps build confidence when other challenges come up.

I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

I don't want a life without my mom in it, but I'm not someone who curls up in the fetal position and says, 'Mommy, take care of me!' I don't like people catering to me. It feels so awkward and uncomfortable.

A lot of sport is being comfortable with being uncomfortable.