Strength Quotes

"The shadow of the power of this country's arms should be cast outward for the protection of the weak."

"There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness."

"I lift my burden to God, for He is my strength."

"Slavery taught me to be defiant."

"My greatest strength came from my faith in the Almighty."

"My strength grew from my determination to be free."

"The memory of slavery never left me, but it made me stronger."

"I refused to let fear be the master of my soul."

"I am proof that the human spirit cannot be conquered."

"I see women have not yet learned to assert themselves in their own native power."

"I have been the almost daily recipient of letters cursing me for the stand I have taken."

"The human heart has infinite capacity for endurance and growth."

"The greatness of America lies not in being more powerful than any other nation, but in being wiser and having more compassion."

"Talent and dedication know no color or background."

"Real power lies not in weapons or wealth, but in the moral clarity of your cause."

"Our greatest strength as a nation lies not in our military, but in our moral convictions."

"A man without force is without the essential dignity of humanity."

"The soul that is within me no man can degrade."

"A man without force is without the essential dignity that nature intended."

"I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?"

"I feel that I have the strength of a man within the soul of a woman."

"That man over there say that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches. Nobody helps me any."

"I wanted people to know that women were not the weak creatures they supposed us to be."

"The truth is that women can do anything that men can do, and often better."

"The strength that comes from suffering is a strength that cannot be broken."

"The most powerful human being is he who stands alone."

"There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise."

"I declare that woman must not depend upon the protection of man."

"Failure is impossible."

"I declare that the true republic is such wherein there is no man who has authority to compel another to be his slave."