"When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
― Audre Lorde
Topic(s): Strength
― Audre Lorde
More From Audre Lorde
- "Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before."
- "But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society."
- "I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t."
More In Strength
- "I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from a quarterback standpoint. The problem was that I wasn’t given the liberty to do certain things when I was young."― Michael Vick
- "I feel like it’s always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It’s often times your greatest ‘flaw’ which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength."― Olivia Thirlby
- "Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy."― Arthur Helps