“It takes true strength to be vulnerable. It takes real strength to open up about the things that make you uncomfortable. It takes real courage to admit you’re having problems and struggling because it’s hard. Hiding your problems and pretending they aren’t eating you alive is the real weakness.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“It took vulnerability to forge strength, the way true courage required fear.”— Martina Boone, amazon.com
“I have learned that the choices we make in our lives bring us exactly to where we are right now. I have learned that whether we make the right decision or the bad one, in the end, it teaches us to become stronger and wiser.”— Angelo Caerlang, thoughtcatalog.com
“Be strong. Don’t let your phone or laptop suck you into thinking you need the past to make you feel something.”— Gina Vaynshteyn, hellogiggles.com
“Ignore his text because you can. That lie you’re telling yourself about why you’re answering or you’re not strong enough to ignore it, is only that… a lie. You’re strong enough to ignore his text.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com
“You are beautiful without another person’s validation of your beauty. You are strong without having to demonstrate your strength to anyone. You are enough without someone by your side to prove your worth.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.com
“Whatever you’ve suffered, no matter how bad it’s been, you can use that, use that to be a stronger person.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“Give me blood and rage and a heart for horror; teach me to be tough enough to face this world still standing. Make a Fury of me.”— Elisabeth Hewer, amazon.com
“Like all strong people, she suffered always a measure of loneliness; she was a marginal outsider, a secret infidel of a certain sort.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“You are an adventurous introvert. You actually dislike being called an ‘introvert’ because you don’t relate at all to the weak stereotype of being a wet blanket. You are strong and you can handle yourself. You love people and being out and doing stuff, you’re just extra independent and need your alo…”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“You will always get through whatever is ailing you and you will be able to see the light on the other side. Life is hard. But you’re stronger.”— Elizabeth Franks, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are strong, sometimes stubborn, because of what you have been through. You know how it feels to be left out in the dark.”— Nadia Myburgh, thoughtcatalog.com
“Everyone is so focused on being fiercely independent, on ‘Boy, Bye’, on donning a brave face and trudging onward. Yes, all of those things have purpose and importance, but they don’t represent more strength.”— Ari Eastman, thoughtcatalog.com