It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.

Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.

It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Adversity is like a strong wind. I don’t mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

The biggest challenge is to not be affected by praise because a lot of it is not from the heart. Being true to yourself about your strengths and weaknesses, when everyone out there has a strong opinion and wants to give advice, is another challenge.

The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen…It’s just a name, but it’s very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid…It’s a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it.

Surround yourself with people strong enough to change your mind.

Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.

Social reforms are never carried out by the weakness of the strong; but always by the strength of the weak.

If you’re a strong female, you don’t need permission.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Be who you are and don’t allow anyone to affect the confidence you have in your individuality.

The only thing I consciously avoid is playing the victim. I think women are portrayed as the victim in so many things, and I really like women with strength – although I feel now I may have gone overboard by playing so many strong, sassy women.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you’re strong enough to care.

Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

But if we establish the working hypothesis that the UFOs are machines, we also have to assume the following: a) They are not built by human beings.. b) They are flying by means of artificial fields of gravity.. c) They produce high-tension electric charges in order to push the air out of their paths, so it does not start glowing, and strong magnetic fields to influence the ionized air at higher altitudes.

There is a strong tendency in explanatory prose to invoke quantities of tension, energy, and what not to explain the genesis of pattern. I believe that all such explanations are inappropriate or wrong.

Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.

We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up.

When I was at Baylor, I wasn’t fully happy because I couldn’t be all the way out. It feels so good saying it: I am a strong, black lesbian woman.

It was what God had taught me growing up that helped me overcome my fear and get back on the board. ‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go’ (Joshua 1:9).