Quotes About Strong

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.”
― Kristin Cashore, Graceling

“The most beautiful people I've known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.”
― Masaru Emoto, The Secret Life of Water

“you never know how strong you are... until being strong is the only choice you have.”
― Cayla Mills

“If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?”
― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

“Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.”
― Holly Black, Red Glove

“The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“I am strong, but I am tired, Stephen, tired of always having to be the strong one, of always having to do the right thing.”
― Brenda Joyce, An Impossible Attraction

“...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.”
― Pearl Cleage, Just Wanna Testify: A Novel

“...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.”
― Michael Cadnum, Flash

“Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.”
― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

“I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.”
― Jennifer Armintrout, Possession

“It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good - and bad - to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One

“When we feel weak, we drop our heads on the shoulders of others. Don't get mad when someone does that. Be honored. For that person trusted you enough to, even if subtly, ask you for help.”
― Lori Goodwin

“A strong gives forgiveness but weak gives permission.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Quote Me Everyday

“And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.”
― Nora Roberts

“...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)”
― J.D. Robb

“Friendship is a give and take. You have to have a strong relationship with your friend and I think you have to offer them something and they have to offer you something and that’s to always learn from it.”
― Raven Symone

“If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.”
― Criss Jami

“People seem weak, but they're strong. They seem strong, but they're weak.”
― Fuyumi Soryo

“I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.”
― Criss Jami

“Surely you ain't weak.
You just can't accept yourself as a strong person.”
― Toba Beta

“The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

“Temptation is stronger in the minds of people who are in doubt.
Prayer makes it weaker.”
― Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident

“In the land where excellence is commended, not envied, where weakness is aided, not mocked, there is no question as to how its inhabitants are all superhuman.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.”
― E. Lockhart, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

“Strong words resonate.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Where the will is strong there’ll always be a way
The dream goes on forever and a day”
― Samael

“We love WWII because the cause was so obviously just, because you can't be a good person and say you wouldn't fight against an evil like that. It was so black and white on our side, and on our side so few died. (Our side meaning the lantern-jawed John Wayne Greatest Generation constantly canonized soldiers who strode in late to the graveyard that was Europe. Compared to Jewish, Russian, Roma, and other casualties, our losses were minimal.) We felt so strong. In some ways I think we're always trying to recapture that feeling of being a country of superheroes. With every war we invoke that one, we hope it will be that good.
-from her blog”
― Catherynne M. Valente