Strength Quotes
Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.
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"Sometimes you got to act like it don't hurt."Sofia
"The weight of the world settles on small shoulders."The Narrator (omniscient)
"True strength lies in forgiveness."Jean Valjean
"Forgiveness is not weakness but supreme strength."Jean Valjean
"One can bear any sorrow without pity."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"She would not let him break her."Mariam
"The world broke everyone, and afterward, many were strong at the broken places."The Narrator (omniscient)
"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."Jean Valjean
"He who conquers himself is greater than he who takes a city."Jean Valjean
"I am the woman of this house, not you."Mariam
"I'm not a stupid person."Hans Hubermann
"The flesh is weak but obstinate."Fantine
"There is nothing the flesh cannot endure when the spirit is willing."Jean Valjean
"He could not understand how so much hatred was possible in such a small body."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"Suffering can crush you, or it can refine you. It's a matter of what you do with it."Mariam
"She hated being hungry. It made her feel small and helpless."Laila
"The war had taken everything from her except her dignity."Laila
"The greatest strength is knowing when to surrender."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"Her face was painted with tiredness, but her eyes were strong."Death
"She was the girl who had survived two wars, two languages, and a lifetime of words."Death
"The girl was not beautiful. She was not clever. But she had something that could not be given or earned."Death
"I've had to learn that this city, this country, has a way of grinding people down, of making them feel small and helpless."Laila
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places"Werner
"One does not allow oneself to be betrayed by one's own heart."José Arcadio Buendía
"I am not a stone to be buried. I am a woman."Mariam
"He had never in his life managed to lift a dead body."Colonel Aureliano Buendía
"Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on himself."Jean Valjean
"Strength is often hidden in quiet places."Marie-Laure
"A man can survive almost anything, except meaninglessness."Colonel Aureliano Buendía
"My power is not in what men think of me"Circe