But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy.
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Quotes tagged ‘strength’
Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, when the thunder calls to me. Next time I'll be braver, I'll be my own savior, standing on my own two feet.
You never need to apologize for how you chose to survive.
I am aflame. Around me, everything dies.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.
You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Be the villain you were born to be. Stop waiting for someone to come along and corrupt you. Succumb to the darkness yourself.
if you are broken and they have left you do not question whether you were enough the problem was you were so enough they were not able to carry it.
The ache to remember what it is to be alive, is just as beautiful today.
You are hard to look at not because you glow, but because you are the drop off of a skyscraper. You are the distance to the ground, you are what people fear to fall into, you are what people risk their lives to see. And when someone does finally see you, it is because they were courageous enough to…
Remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world.
In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
You are not weak just because your heart feels so heavy.
The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me.
Womanhood is learning how to witch yourself in slow motion. When they say your name like a curse, say it back to them like an incantation. When they call you cold, show them how you conjure fire.
We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
Success is like wrestling with a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.
Fitness isn’t about a crunch or a push up, it’s about taking your power back.