Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Quotes

I'm tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he's not a predator. He doesn't have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain't. I'm tough.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

I do have a delicate side.

I'm tender on the inside.

It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which lives by delicate sensitiveness. If it were a question of brute force, not a single human baby would survive for a fortnight. It is the grass of the field, most frail of all things, that supports all life all the time. But for the green grass, no empire would rise, no man would eat bread: for grain is grass; and Hercules or Napoleon or Henry Ford would alike be denied existence.

It takes strength to be gentle and kind.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

I'm a girly girl. I'm strong, but I'm very timid. Very dainty.

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.

Have a strong mind and a soft heart.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

The more refined and subtle our minds, the more vulnerable they are.

The fear of this delicate and fierce feminine has more to do with our fear of being vulnerable again, getting hurt again, than it does by our actual distaste for the beauty of the feminine and Her qualities.

I'm really super feminine, and I'm really soft. I'm very sensitive, I realized.

Being a woman has always been a powerful thing, where history has sometimes dictated otherwise, but I believe that a woman can be compassionate, sensitive, soft, kind.

I'm not a vindictive person. But I do want to shine a light on human frailty and heroism in equal measure.

I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.

The people who are inspiring and strong for me are the ones who acknowledge vulnerabilities.