Sophie Swetchine Quotes

...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.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

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

No one enjoys feeling weak, whether it is emotionally, spiritually or physically. There is something within the human spirit that wants to resist the thought of weakness. Many times this is nothing more than our human pride at work. Just as weakness carries a great potential for strength, pride carries an equally great potential for defeat.

Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am, like I am made of glass, like I am made of paper.Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground like a Skyscraper.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

The weak have no place here, in this life or any other life. Weakness leads to slavery. Weakness leads to all kinds of misery, physical and mental. Weakness is death.

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.

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

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

The strong man is strongest when alone.

I think for a girl to be strong, it doesn't have to involve being physically strong.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong.

If you're growing up in a chaotic world without reason, your instinct is to become a performer and control the circumstances around you. You lead from weakness into strength; you have an undefended back.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

I've always been proud of the fact that I can hold it together and I rarely break. It's a point of pride for me.

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 could never identify with that word, 'weak.'

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature - when at all present, that is.

I've been strong my whole entire life.

I'm always strong. I'm tough.

I thought I was weak and couldn't be on my own. But actually, I can do it; I just need to be a bit braver.

It's a very unique feeling - to be that strong and unbreakable. But I'm working towards it.