Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength;
and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to
carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory.
He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
- Hermann Hesse
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Saying
Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.
- Jane Powell
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive.
One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
- Winston Churchill
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
- Leo Buscaglia
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
- Eleanor Roosevelt