“There's nothing like a head-strong woman to make you happy to be alive.”

“A woman is like a teabag - only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.”

Nancy Reagan (1921–2016) actress and first lady of the United States

“I like criticism. It makes you strong.”

LeBron James (1984) American basketball player

“The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

Nancy Pelosi (1940) American politician, first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, born 1940

“Always make sure that your woman is smiling, feeling loved and happily alive.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

“While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.”

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) Entrepreneur

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong she is until she gets into hot water. ”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

“Last hopeless chances have got to work. Nothing makes sense otherwise. You might as well not be alive.”

Terry Pratchett book Guards! Guards!