Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

I wish I had tougher skin, but I don't.

I could never identify with that word, 'weak.'

You have some people that's weak, and you have some people that's strong. I consider myself a very strong person.

Strength comes in so many forms. Not just the physical strength, but to understand the emotional strength. To have emotional vulnerability, to show that's not a weakness.

Most of us want to be strong, but we are not.

If you have high self-esteem, you might still know times of emotional suffering, but less often and with faster recovery-your resilience is greater.

...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness.

Sometimes we have to prove to others we're strong even where we're not.

Occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.

But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way - or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don't invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.

Changing what you don't like about yourself can be empowering, and that's not a bad thing. Feeling secure enough to own what is weak and missing from either your body, mind or spirit and to commit to action to change it is a good thing.

Although men are accused of not knowing their weakness, yet perhaps as few know their strength.

Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

You can be feminine and wear heels, dresses, and makeup, and still be a powerful woman - physically, mentally, emotionally.

I feel a lot stronger than I ever have done since I've had kids, because you have to be: you don't want them to see any weakness.

I'm always strong. I'm tough.

You never want to hear your name get booed, but it's fine. I'm not going to let it bother me because I know what type of guy I am.

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