Mikhail Bulgakov Quotes

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Why should I give someone else such power over my life?

But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.

At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone.

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

The only power you have is the word no.

We're all grown women now; if we wanna do something, we can't be stopped!

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

I'm not a downtrodden woman. I just won't be.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

I have my own strength.

Freedom can never be reached by the weak.

There's a way to express femininity and independence and strength without going for hanging fruit.

I don't have to give [Donald Trump] a chance.

Seize the moment – don’t wait for anyone to give you permission.

I always knew I had to be 100 percent in charge, even when I was a middle manager. I used to say to my boss, "Just give me enough rope and then fire me."

Maidens stand still, they are lovely statues and all admire them. Witches do not stand still. I was neither, but better that I err on the side of witchery, witchery that unlocks towers and empties ships.

Don't date the captain of the football team; be the captain of the football team.

If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.

But deep down she said to herself, Franz maybe strong, but his strength is directed outward; when it comes to the people he lives with, the people he's loves, he's weak. Franz's weakness is called goodness. Franz would never give Sabina orders. He would never command her, as Tomas had, to lay the mirror on the floor and walk back and forth on it naked. Not that he lacks sensuality; he simply lacks the strength to give orders. There are things that can be accomplished only by violence. Physical love is unthinkable without violence.

I was trained by my husband. He said, If you want a thing done go. If not send. I belong to that group of people who move the piano themselves.

But if I must be alone, I refuse to be alone as if it were something weak and distasteful, like convalescence.

There's a massive part of me that can be bold and courageous...very strong and very assertive and independent, almost to a fault sometimes.