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Quotes About Strength

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
~ Thucydides
The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage.
~ Thucydides
Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
~ Thucydides
They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
~ Thucydides
Three of the greatest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.
~ Thucydides
Those who can mentally cope should also do the following
~ Thupten Jinpa
Es por medio de la debilidad y la vulnerabilidad que la mayor parte de nosotros aprendemos a ser empáticos y compasivos y descubrimos nuestra alma".
~ Thupten Jinpa
With your fangs of four powers
~ Thupten Jinpa
Women are expected to absorb traumas both subtle and loud and move on. Shoulder the weight of the world. But when the world fucks with us, the worst thing we can do is bury it. Embracing it makes us strong enough to fuck the world right back.
~ Tia Williams
Women didn't get to be bad boys.
~ Tia Williams
This new Eva, the free Eva, was tired of being rattled by life. How long had she lived being too terrified to show her real self? There was power in showing the messiness of her life and what it took to hold it together.
~ Tia Williams
Running away wasn't empowering. An empowered woman would've indulged.
~ Tia Williams
Teen girls rearrange the fucking world.
~ Tia Williams
but he can't stop himself from loving her. Maybe it's 'cause he knows that in the end, she'll survive him. ... By virtue of being a woman, she's stronger. Girls are given the weight of the world, but nowhere to put it down. The power and magic born in that struggle? It's so terrifying to men that we invented reasons to burn y'all at the stake, just to keep our dicks hard.
~ Tia Williams
Destigmatizing male vulnerability is the first step toward rebuilding the absolute ruin that straight men have left the world in.
~ Tia Williams
Shane was her lighthouse. If he went dark, she'd be lost, treading black water forever.
~ Tia Williams
Like Elizabeth Taylor said, 'Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
~ Tia Williams
Maybe that's what real adult love was. Being fearless enough to hold each other close no matter how catastrophic the world became.
~ Tia Williams
Because even bigger than her sadness was her determination.
~ Tia Williams
Listen. Caring about things doesn't make you soft. It makes you alive.
~ Tia Williams
When I'm comatose from writing and mothering, when I'm hurting too badly to cook, talk or smile, I curl up with 'alone' like a security blanket. Alone doesn't care that I don't shave my legs in the winter. Alone never get disappointed in me.
~ Tia Williams
He knows Gia's tougher than him. By virtue of being a woman, she's stronger. GIrls are given the weight of the world, but nowhere to put it down. The power and magic born in that struggle? It's so terrifying to men that we invented reasons to burn y'all at the stake, just to keep our dicks hard.
~ Tia Williams
The girl threw up a Black Power fist and bounced.
~ Tia Williams
And I remember that I'm not lonely. I'm alone. When I'm comatose from writing and mothering, when I'm hurting too badly to cook, talk, or smile, I curl up with 'alone' like a security blanket. Alone doesn't care that I don't shave my legs in the winter. Alone never gets disappointed by me." Eva sighed. "It's the best relationship I've ever been in.
~ Tia Williams