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Quotes About Strength

Woman must not accept; she must challenge.
~ Margaret Sanger
Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.
~ Gary Oldman
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.
~ John Ruskin
Women give life! That on its own is inspiring.Besides, women are prettier than men.
~ Jujubee
There are women who fly their falcons at any game, little birds and all.
~ George MacDonald
It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.
~ Anne Spencer
There are so many untold stories when it comes to great women of color.
~ Kerry Washington
Strong women only marry weak men.
~ Bette Davis
I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.
~ Nikki Giovanni
A woman's rank Lies in the fulness of her womanhood: Therein alone she is royal.
~ George Eliot
I don't know if I'd put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.
~ Queen Rania of Jordan
Women are playing [hockey] because they love it, not because they're trying to be a woman in a man's game.
~ Cammi Granato
We hear the word Warrior used to describe women and men who show up, give their very best, and refuse to quit until the goal is reached.
~ Richard Machowicz
I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.
~ James Salter
Embracing yourself is important and I wish that all women would realize how beautiful they are, inside and out.
~ Demi Lovato
My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.
~ Alice Walker
The woman is the fiber of the nation. She is the producer of life. A nation is only as good as its women.
~ Muhammad Ali
I come from a long line of matriarchal women, and my greatest teachers were my mothers.
~ Erykah Badu
It's not the vote women need, we should be armed.
~ Edna O'Brien
We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.
~ Lisa See
Everyone who was ever told a fairytale knows what happens to women who do their own magic.
~ Laurie Penny
Is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater courage? Without her, man would not be. If nonviolence is to be the law of our being, the future is with women.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I spent years working in low-budget horror films. When you've done 'Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death,' you can handle anything!
~ Adrienne Barbeau
I think that submissiveness can [be] and is a formidable weapon, which women will use as long as it isn't taken from them.
~ Anne Desclos