Strength Quotes

"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

"The scars we carry tell the story of our survival."

"Silence can be both a shield and a weapon."

"All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles."

"There are souls which fall lower, there are souls which rise higher. You belong to the latter sort."

"Violence ain't nothing new."

"I can be sad without being pathetic about it."

"The strong survive; the weak perish. This is not cruelty, merely truth."

"I sit in the chair and think about how to live a life that doesn't involve waiting."

"All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my cousins and my uncles."

"There is something in us that cannot be broken."

"I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?"

"The true measure of a butler is his ability to remain composed."

"I cannot see the slightest reason why I should abandon my position now."

"I am the house. The walls, the roof, the doors, the windows."

"There's no place in this world for people who are weak."

"I'm pore, I'm Black, I may be ugly and I can't cook."

"Celie, you a tree."

"I know what it is for the spirit to be broke."

"One's dignity may be assaulted, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered."

"I had to learn to live with the unbearable contradiction."

"I might be hurt and still be whole."

"Perhaps that invisibility is my greatest asset."

"Some days I feel so tired I can't move."

"I am here. I am black. I am beautiful. I am."

"I am disabled by my invisibility, yet I have acquired a certain sustenance from it."

"You're like a mountain here, Mariam. This place wouldn't exist without you."

"She had never known she was capable of such strength."

"I had to learn to accept my invisibility and transform it into strength."

"All my life I had to fight. That's all I've ever done."