Quotes about Strength

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. Does

History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again.

When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness." —

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." —Maya Angelou

I can change by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Here, root yourselves beside me. I am that Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. I, the Rock, I, the River, I, the Tree, I am yours—your passages have been paid. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again.

I keep on dying, Because I love to live.

Centered on the world's stage, she sings to her loves and beloveds, to her foes and detractors: However I am perceived and deceived, however my ignorance and conceits, lay aside your fears that I will be undone, for I shall not be moved.

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.

She worked the thread through the flowered cloth as if she were sewing the torn ends of her life together.

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.

Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.