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Quotes About Strength

The survivor gets to tell the story.
~ Nancy Werlin
Contentment is the result of spiritual strength that comes directly from Christ.
~ Nancy Wilson
We all have our personal Andes.
~ Nando Parrado
Even here, even as we suffer, life is still worth living....
~ Nando Parrado
I tell them I am not at peace in spite of what I suffered, but because of it.
~ Nando Parrado
Gustavo and Roberto suspected gangrene, but Rafael never allowed himself to sink into self-pity. Instead he kept his courage and humor, even as the poison flowed through his system and the flesh of his leg rotted before his eyes. "I am Rafael Echavarren!" he would shout every morning, "and I will not die here!" There was no surrender in Rafael, no matter how he suffered, and I felt stronger every time I heard him say those words.
~ Nando Parrado
Haal adem. Haal nog één keer adem. Elke keer dat je ademhaalt, leef je.
~ Nando Parrado
I am alive,' I whispered to him. 'I am alive.
~ Nando Parrado
Spirit fight do not require population to conquer.
~ Unknown
Girls have to be strong to protect the men they love.
~ Naoko Takeuchi
Even someday when we disappear... ...and new Sailor Senshis are born... Sailor Moon, you will always be Invincible. The most beautiful shining star.
~ Naoko Takeuchi
I'm going to be my own kind of princess -Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon)
~ Naoko Takeuchi
I won't let you take advantage of women! Here's the Mars Power flame of anger! (ROAR) I'll punish you in high heels!" - Rei/Sailor Mars
~ Naoko Takeuchi
Always this man gives me strength.
~ Naoko Takeuchi
Silence is not power. It's not strength. Silence is the means by which the weak remain weak and the strong remain strong. Silence is a method of oppression.
~ Naomi Alderman
When does power exist? Only in the moment it is exercised. To the woman with a skein, everything looks like a fight.
~ Naomi Alderman
The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.
~ Naomi Alderman
It's not for us to worry about the men," she says. "Let them please themselves, as they always have. If they want to war with each other and to wander, let them go. We have each other. Where you go, I will go. Your people will be my people, my sisters.
~ Naomi Alderman
As it is written: "She cuppeth the lightning in her hand. She commandeth it to strike." from the Book of Eve, 13–17
~ Naomi Alderman
It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.
~ Naomi Alderman
Sometimes it's good to go to war, just to know you can
~ Naomi Alderman
And—who can say why these things happen on Thursday, when the same events might have gone unremarked on Tuesday?—they fought back. A dozen women turned into a hundred. A hundred into a thousand. The police retreated. The women shouted; some made placards. They understood their strength, all at once.
~ Naomi Alderman
Power doesn't care who uses it.
~ Naomi Alderman
doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.
~ Naomi Alderman