Quotes About Strength

I want to share the things I've done, the things I've survived, the things I've struggled through.

I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.

I've had friends who have experienced pretty horrible things, some pretty brutal things, and survived. And I know that they and I would never want them to be without the ability to defend themselves.

When I was a kid, I had scarlet fever. I wasn't supposed to have survived it. When I got out of bed, my bones were so soft that they kind of bent. I had a slight limp for probably three years after.

I only survived because of my mother's love and care.

I survived cancer thanks to the support of my family.

I survived, but I wanted to give up so many times.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving.

Life is about surviving loss.

Every single thing I do... is just me surviving.

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

Growing up, I heard a lot about strength. My dad - a Holocaust survivor - embodied it, though he would never say that about himself. Not only did he survive one of the most horrific events in history, but he never lost hope along the way, crediting acts of kindness with keeping him alive.

My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.

I've always had the spirit of a survivor.

First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor.

I don't want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I'm not interested in doing that anymore.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

I am someone who always gets up again, even if there are setbacks. I have a survivor instinct. I'm not sure where it comes from, but probably from all the little things that make you into who you are.

I grew up in a household with my mother, who was a Holocaust survivor. I very much understand the mentality that you cannot live in the past. You can't spend your entire life, or even portions of it, looking back and dwelling on things that have already happened. You have to move forward.

I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability to find humour and irony in situations that would otherwise overpower you.

My dad had this incredible kindness that oozed through every part of his body. He had the ability to look at life positively in spite of what he went through. He was a Holocaust survivor. When he was 15-1/2 years old, he was liberated from the Dachau Concentration Camp by American soldiers who risked a lot to save people they had never met.

I see myself as a survivor, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm a survivor. To me, survivor implies strength, implies that I have been through something and I made it out the other side.