Patrick Ness Quotes

Love didn't make you weak, it made you stronger.

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

It requires real strength to love Man. And to love him despite all invitations to do otherwise, all provocations and all reasons why one should not.

Your vulnerability is your power.

You are not defined by your environment unless you allow yourself to be.

You are the creator of your own destiny

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

I believe in the power of the human spirit.

Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths.

Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

You are more beautiful than you realize, stronger than you know, more powerful than you could imagine.

Having a mental illness does not mean you're weak or can't handle life. You can have a mental illness and deal with it and still be a powerful, confident woman.

It's really amazing when you discover how strong you actually are and what you really can accomplish.

You control what you can control.