Strength Quotes

"The greatest strength is to forgive those who have wronged us."

"He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the rage and hate felt by his whole race."

"You cannot, I think, want to hear me declare that I am not one of those ladies who expect a man to do all the work."

"To yield readily—easily—to the persuasion of a friend is no merit with you."

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."

"I am not wont to resist him."

"I am stronger than she; I can endure what she cannot."

"I am no strange bird,—no idle poet,—not altogether a drone."

"I am resolved not to be in love with you."

"I am of a constitution to endure the worst."

"It was not my weakness that made me do this"

"How can you not wonder that I have borne it all"

"He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength"

"The crew has lost their full manhood"

"Toward thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale"

"I can resist everything except temptation."

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions."

"I am not one of those women who are so easily seen through."

"I have no pity! I have no pity!"

"I pity thee, for the good that has been wasted in thy nature!"

"Do you think I am an automaton?"

"I despise weakness, but I cannot despise you"

"Do not underestimate the power of a woman's mind"

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."

"I took the opportunity of being alone, first to change my clothes and secondly to compose my feelings."

"I came to understand that suffering refines the soul."

"In the strength of my devotion, I found my power"

"To be enraged with rage, but powerless in its execution."

"I am not cruel—only firm."

"I will not yield to anybody's demand."