Zadie Smith Quotes

I am unbreakable.

I'm un-smiteable. That's something I realized very young.

It was Bella Absug who taught me to be tough, to let insults roll off my back.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

I just can't break. If I break, I'm done. So I don't break.

Indestructible does not mean utterly invincible.

I am not fragile.

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

The nut of the thing is that if what you make is hard like a diamond, you can put it anywhere. You can put it up your and it will still be beautiful.

I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

Let me make this real simple. You will not break me. The hole will not break me. I will not break. I will not be broken.

Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands.

I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

A thick skin is a gift from God.

I got a granite chin.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

I'm glad I'm a strong person.

Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

For me, I have this tough exterior and these Angela Bassett arms, and people think, 'Oh, my God, Rutina's tough.'