Quotes About Strength

I come from a strong woman who believed - and my father believed - that anything a man could do, a woman could do better.

Women watch and say, 'I like watching you control your own space. It's motivated me to do better, to go back to college, to even try law school. My daughter's been watching you since she's 10 - I love the fact that she's watching a strong woman who's in control.' All of those things are good, positive things.

I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.

Because I've got younger sisters, I want to impart on them the possibility of being a strong woman in whatever role I choose.

The fact is that Sarah Palin positively emanates strength. She gives off the aura of being a strong woman who doesn't back down, and she does it sporting heels and wearing her family like a badge of honour. I am sure there are a million other women out there who are doing the same thing.

My mom is a very strong woman, very tough lady.

My mom is this fabulous, strong woman who lives life on her own terms.

She raised me to not think of men and women as different. She raised me without gender. It's kind of the reason she named me Billie. It's not about being a strong woman - it's about being a strong person.

I am a strong woman. I come from a background as a prosecutor.

Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that takes guts.

I do think that there is something about an intelligent, strong woman who also needs to be taken care of that will attract a certain kind of man sometimes. And that relationship is interesting on screen. Bad relationships are more interesting than good relationships to watch.

My mother was - and is - a very strong woman; very strict. She was a serious mum; a feared parent.

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress, but I wasn't given an opportunity to explore that kind of a character.

I am a strong woman and I do believe in certain things, but again, that's what's so great about our country - everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

I definitely come from a line of strong women. It's not only like my mother and my grandmother, but my aunties too.

Many men admire strong women, but they don't love them.

With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities.

I like strong women. I think a lot of women relate to strong characters, and a cop is still a strong character.

I am the product of two very strong women, my mum and my grandma, who prioritized education.

Directors approach me for doing 'strong' women characters which, as an actor, increases a sense of responsibility to give my 100 per cent and even more for the faith they entrust on me.

In Afghanistan, we have had a history of very strong women, and we need to reclaim that history and talk about it.

My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.

I've always - from my very first film, 'Shopping,' which was Jude Law and Sadie Frost, I mean, I've always liked strong women characters in films.

It's hard to keep moving forward, keep working, and keep your head up, but that's what strong women do. Especially being a mom, I can't fall apart.