Strength Quotes

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

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"To be human is to be in constant struggle with the forces that would diminish us."
Richard Wright
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"I have learned that survival itself is an act of rebellion."
Richard Wright
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"The strength of the human will is the last weapon that cannot be taken from us."
Richard Wright
"To accept less is to diminish oneself, and to diminish oneself is to accept defeat."
Ralph Ellison
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"I am not tragically colored."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"You got to be a woman twenty-four hours a day to know what that's like."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"The greatest battle is won in the silence of one's own soul."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim."
James Baldwin
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"We are not responsible for all the things that happen to us, but we are responsible for the way we respond."
James Baldwin
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"The bravest thing we can do is believe in ourselves."
Pearl S. Buck
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"The greatest strength is admitting our weaknesses."
Pearl S. Buck
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"Strength is not found in the absence of fear but in the conquest of it."
John Steinbeck
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"The world breaks everyone, but afterward, some are strong in the broken places."
John Steinbeck
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"The world breaks everyone, but some become strong in the broken places."
William Faulkner
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"Strength comes from struggle."
William Faulkner
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"Beauty is in the strength of the people, in their resilience."
Langston Hughes
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"The human spirit cannot be broken by any force."
Langston Hughes
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
Ernest Hemingway
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"Extraordinary affliction teaches incredible strength."
Ernest Hemingway
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"No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"We are all broken, that's how the light gets in."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"I have a right to stand on my feet and look the world in the face."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"You got to get up off your knees to fight."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"The world respects those who respect themselves."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"I will not apologize for who I am or where I come from."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are said about you, you begin to believe them."
James Baldwin
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"Your crown has been bought and paid for. All you have to do is wear it."
James Baldwin
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"Women are the backbone of any society, whether recognized or not."
Pearl S. Buck
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"What is the quality that the strongest and best possess? The ability to survive setbacks."
Pearl S. Buck
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"The man who has no enemies is the man who has no conviction."
Sinclair Lewis