Quotes About Strength

I'm tougher than this." He shook his head. "Somehow it doesn't matter how tough you are. You can be tough as hell and still be leveled flat without warning." She looked at him. "What do you do when you're leveled flat?" "You make a plan, you move on that plan, and you keep breathing

I'd give up being a bitch, but I'm not a quitter.

why does the word 'pussy' equate to weakness, when even the slightest flick to a guy's 'balls of steel' sends him to his knees—but vaginas can push out an entire human being?

Lily drew him in with those eyes, her voice, the outer toughness she showed the world, the inner vulnerability she did her best to hide.

She was very busy fighting a full-facial, saltwater cavity wash when two big hands gripped her arms and hauled her upright.

Be smart. Be brave. Be vulnerable.

Just remember, there's not a lot of softness in his life, or room for weakness—of which you're definitely one. He has absolutely no idea what to do with you, and as an action guy, that's confusing to him. So maybe think about taking it easy on him. Even just a little bit.

And in the same vein," she said, "why does the word 'pussy' equate to weakness, when even the slightest flick to a guy's 'balls of steel' sends him to his knees—but vaginas can push out an entire human being?

That's just life. There's good and there's bad. My happiness and safety won't come from having a man. It comes from me.

You might be fearless," he whispered. "You might be independent, but on the inside you're just as in need of love as the rest of us.

We're all angels," Elle, another bridesmaid, said. "And when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick.

Fact was, she just wasn't that same person anymore. Her remaining scar was a reminder of that, like an ex-smoker who kept a pack of cigarettes somewhere as proof she was stronger than that. It was a badge of honor and a marker place for where she was in her life right now. And as it turned out, memories—the good, the bad, and the ugly—really were what made a person.

She swiped at her eyes. "Suck it up," she whispered fiercely to herself. "It's all good, no matter how hard it is." "I'm going to refrain from saying 'That's what she said' since you seem to be having a moment.

Once upon a time, walking away was the only thing I knew how to do.

It's okay if you don't want to," Sadie said, just as gently. "But from experience as someone who denied all emotions for too long, I can tell you that facing them head on like a badass bitch is the only way to go. Otherwise, they chase you, follow you, haunt you, and believe me, those suckers can outpace you, I swear. You need to just get in front of them and turn and fight.

The last guy who told me what I can't do is still walking funny." That gave him a smile. He was a sick, sick man, but damn, he loved her sass.

And then she stomped on it?" "In boots, with spikes on the soles," Aidan assured him.

You don't need protecting. You actually don't need anything. That's what makes you so attractive to me. You want someone to stand at your side, not at your back.

her raw throat. Marveled. He'd literally walked through fire for her. For her. "No one's ever done that…" Tightening his grip

Jill Shalvis

There's no crying in baseball! —Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own

SonOfAMotherlessGoat

Mothertrucker

That kind of love is a gift," he said. "It's our core, and it makes us who we are." He looked at her. "And if we share it, pass it on, it only grows stronger.