Strength Quotes

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as any.—I have as much heart as any."

"I am not, Hester, of that iron nature that can endure well enough what is unendurable to the human soul."

"There is not an atom of strength in you, yet you are the strongest man I have known."

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as any.—as much heart!"

"I cannot let you burn me up, nor will I let you drag me down."

"I am no sentimental fool."

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

"I learned that true strength lies in vulnerability."

"I am strong and am glad to be strong."

"I must bend, not break; my pride."

"Kindness and mercy are not signs of weakness, but of the greatest strength"

"The fortress of my own heart."

"She has never shown any weakness of character."

"Shame, Despair, Solitude! Yet I am not the less a man."

"Whatever I do, I do it for myself."

"I can endure it. I have endured worse trials."

"I am not an easy person to influence."

"There is no greater power than the power to forgive."

"There is a nobility in that suffering which you bear"

"He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength with an inscrutable malice sinewing it."

"I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it."

"The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."

"I am the backbone of my household."

"I can endure it all."

"I cannot let him go without a struggle"

"She is a great woman, and a capable one"

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!"

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

"It has been the study of my life to avoid those weaknesses which often expose a strong understanding to ridicule."

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as any."