Milan Kundera Quotes

It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow.

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness.

Be strong, know who you are, no be shame, stand up, e ala e.

You have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!'

But most important of all, she explained that it was all right to say 'No. I disagree.' that was a gift. I understood it was power. The power to think my own thoughts. The power to believe in myself.

I'm apologetic when I feel like I've made a mistake. And when I have done a disservice to myself or someone else. But I don't feel a need to apologize for doing or saying something that I think needs to be said, just because it may not sit comfortably with somebody else.

Remember, no one can hurt your feelings without your permission

I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.'

I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

The most demeaning sin is to remain weak in the world. It not only destroys us, but also incites others to attack us with violence.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

Be brave and be fearless, and for God's sake, stand up for yourself.

You should always stand up for yourself.

You always have to stand up for yourself.

I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person.

Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel uncomfortable with. When I was younger, I didn't have that. I was like, 'Try not to make waves.' I wanted everybody to like me, and so I stifled a lot of the discomfort that I had.

Sometimes, my weakness is where the strength really is, and it leads me to depend in the areas where I really should.