I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we’ve got more strength than we think we do.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I’ll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

The only answer to fear is faith in God, knowing He loves you unconditionally and individually.

When we look back on all the perils through which we have passed and at the mighty foes that we have laid low and all the dark and deadly designs that we have frustrated, why should we fear for our future? We have come safely through the worst.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe.

Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Marriage is scary to me, man.

One thing Britons have always been celebrated for, and that is being able to stick it out in a tight place.

When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you… Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

In time we hate that which we often fear.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

I’m afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn’t fit that will become unnecessary.

Demonstrate to the world, there is ‚No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy‘ than a U.S. Marine.

I never fall in love.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I’ve met with, and I’ve met them all: It’s never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

I don’t have time to be lonely. And I get fearful of relationships because I feel guilty about wanting someone to be completely faithful and loyal, when I can’t even give them 10 percent of the attention that they need. It’s just the reality of my time, my life, my schedule.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings – words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

I do have a vulnerable side. I think a lot of people have a misperception of me. They only see the tough, defensive, aggressive side. But every woman is vulnerable.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.

I was scared many times on Everest, but this is all part of the challenge. When I fell down a crevasse, it was pretty scary.

When written in Chinese, the word ‚crisis‘ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy.

Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?

People are terrified of me, and I want them to be.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain’t desperate at some point, you ain’t interesting.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.