Quotes About Strength

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

A truly empowered woman turns her values into verbs. She understands what she values most, and she takes steps to bring that value to life.

I was bullied in every way imaginable, but the worst was the verbal abuse. (I was always a strong, tough and tall girl, so nobody wanted to mess with me from a physical standpoint). It hit rock bottom when I was in seventh grade.

By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!

I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

It is a distortion, with something profoundly disloyal about it, to picture the human being as a teetering, fallible contraption, always needing watching and patching, always on the verge of flapping to pieces.

When you're on the verge of depression, a good leveller is to put one foot in front of the other and do some manual labour.

People always say you have to grow into your body, but for me, it wasn't even growing into my body - the more weight came, it didn't faze me. It made me faster, stronger. It helped me become a more versatile player.

For a midfielder now you have to be strong, fast and see the play very quickly. You have to be very versatile.

I think I am strong on the field, I am versatile, I can play in several midfield positions. Some coaches like that, it grabs their attention, it is a big deal for me.

Minkah's a football player. I think his strength is that he can handle a lot of different positions. He's versatile. Free safety, strong safety, corner, Star, 'backer. You can do whatever you want with him.

If you're versatile, and get punched in the face, but still go forward, that frustrates Joanna, she doesn't know what to do.

I guess my versatility might be an added bonus.

Mrs. Thatcher was a powerful figure at the time I was a student in London. And I admire her versatility and strength.

I've never been strong enough to stand out on my own. I've had to develop versatility to make up for my lack of an impressive stage and screen personality.

I was learning 'Changes' at the time that my mom was sick and she was leaving me. And those last verses in that song, they really struck my soul, totally.

Probably the one Bible passage that is read by Jews and Roman Catholics, Protestants, Islam, more than any other chapter is Psalm 23. And in Psalm 23 there is a verse that says, 'Surely, yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.'

I know it might sound strange to some people, but I really do need The Word with me and if I don't have a Bible with me, then I've found that even just studying certain verses keeps me going.

I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger.

Without God, for me, I'm not the best version of myself.

I know that a man's version of a tough woman is very different from a woman's version.

In my opinion Test cricket is the best version of this game. It tests you mentally, physically, emotionally.

I'll rise like an ember in your name.

My left hand trembling cut the flesh of my calves to drain the fear from my walk