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Quotes About Strength

I learned that in each of us there burns a flame of independence that must never be allowed to go out. That as long as it exists within us we cannot be destroyed.
~ Bryce Courtenay
Freedom and independence is my character.
~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Really, then, our problem is not weakness, but independence! And in covenant, you die to independent living.
~ Kay Arthur
You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.
~ Mike Tyson
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
~ Voltaire
Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
~ Tobias Smollett
Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Passivity is the dragon every woman has to murder in her quest for independence.
~ Jill Johnston
Be courageous. Be independent. Only remember where the true courage and independence come from.
~ Phillips Brooks
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?
~ Abraham Lincoln
We need steel spines, not weak knees when it comes to political independence in the Department of Justice.
~ Dianne Feinstein
True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
~ Stephen Covey
One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
At the age of three my grand aunt proclaimed her independence by categorically refusing to have her feet bound, resolutely tearing off the bandages as fast as they were applied.
~ Adeline Yen Mah
I always had a very strong sense of independence.
~ Felicity Jones
The stronger becomes master of the weaker, in so far as the latter cannot assert its degree of independence here there is no mercy, no forbearance, even less a respect for "laws.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.
~ Christina Aguilera
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.
~ Frederick William Faber
Payne nailing him in the face woke him up. George brought him back his independence. But Beth handed him his crown.
~ J.R. Ward
Sofia the kind of woman no matter what she have in her hand she make it look like a weapon.
~ Alice Walker, The Color Purple
I am beautifully on my own. I am free. At the end of the day, we should be our own heroes. Our own savers. Our own heroes.
~ Robert Black
There, did you think to kill me? There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There's only an idea.Ideas are bulletproof. Farewell.
~ Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
Develop your soul into independence!
~ Enock Maregesi