Strength Quotes

Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.

31459 quotes

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