Quotes About Strength

She's going to get through this. Because she has to.

The earth is all scorched and black and everything green is gone. But after the burning the soil is richer, and new things can grow." She held Izzy at arm's length, wiped her cheek with a fingertip, smoothed her hair one last time. "People are like that, too, you know. They start over. They find a way." Izzy nodded and turned to go, then turned back. "Tell her I'm so sorry," she said. Mia nodded. "See you tomorrow, okay?

Sometimes, just when you think everything is gone, you find a way.

That was his mother: formidable and ferocious when her child was in need.

how wide his shoulders were, like a swimmer's, his skin the color of tea, of fall leaves toasted by the sun.

Sometimes, though, when he saw her squatting in the corner of the playground, head leaning against the chain-link fence, he turned away, so she wouldn't have to pretend to be brave. To let her be alone with her grief, or whatever heavier thing she'd put on top to hold it down.

Something his father once said comes back to him: the shelves around him are not just book holders but the iron skeleton of the building itself, holding the library upright.

Maybe sometimes, she thought, the bird with its head held high took flight. Maybe sometimes, the nail that stuck up pierced the foot that stomped down.

the world was on fire, you might as well burn bright. Late nights

Anna Akhmatova

if the world was on fire, you might as well burn bright.

If she cries . . . it won't be tears. It will be little drops of blood.

Sometimes, just when you think everything's gone, you find a way.

Lucille Clifton, Adrienne Rich, Ada Limón,

We are, like our beloved garden greens, sturdy, strong, and best when tested by the elements and fully seasoned.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

You are never strong enough that you don't need help.

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Tu seras aimé le jour où tu pourras montrer tes faiblesses sans que l'autre s'en serve pour augmenter sa force.

Will power is the only tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Serás amado el día en que puedas mostrar tu debilidad sin que el otro se sirva de esta para afirmar su fuerza

Someone who has suffered is no longer the same.