I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
George EliotNow is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.
Larry SummersTrue strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry MillerHe knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Cesare PaveseRage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.
James BaldwinNo young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more - to be happy and successful - than much money...
Orison Swett MardenOne cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Jean AnouilhGod give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.
Thomas HuxleyThe superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
Robert G IngersollMy strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.
Alfred Lord TennysonThe awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
Paul CezanneI look upon enthusiasm, in all other points but that of religion, to be a very necessary turn of mind; as indeed it is a vein which nature seems to have marked with more or less strength, in the tempers of most men. No matter what the object is, whether business, pleasures or the fine arts: whoever pursues them to any purpose must do so con amore
William MelmothStrengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Amos Bronson AlcottIt is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya AngelouYou had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength.
Charlotte BronteWe are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.
Charles BaudelaireEccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.
John Stuart MillThe apple cannot be stuck back on The Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.
Arthur MillerLet me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis Pasteur'Charm' - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.
Havelock EllisI think it's very important to try and play to your strengths irrespective of the court surface and conditions.
Tim HenmanMay your acceptance of this tremendous burden of service bear fruit in our world. May God give you strength for these new cares. [to Pope Benedict XVI]
Mary McAleeseYou gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor RooseveltMy own political future depends on my own strength of character dealing with the points that are raised.
Charles ClarkeLeaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.
John GardnerThese terrorists attacked without warning on 11 September 2001. They have attacked in Madrid, in Jakarta, in Morocco.
This is a worldwide war against ideals. There is no separate peace to be made with terrorism.
They are after our way of life and we have to deal with them. There is no other way other than with strength. [on the London terrorist attack, 7th July 2005]
Condoleezza RiceWith strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure
Frances Sargent OsgoodThe strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.
Richard J DaleyThere is strength deep-bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?
Felicia HemansI believe in the strength of my team and I'm confident we will do it. [on Euro 2004 struggles!]
Arsene WengerOnce he strengthened up, you could do whatever you wanted on him. It was like driving a Ferrari rather than a Cortina [on Desert Orchid]
Colin BrownWe will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.
John BaconEvery man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
John AbbottWe plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
LucretiusGive us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
Robert Louis StevensonLeonardo DiCaprio (Quick and the Dead):
'When we see each other now, it's a very pleasant experience. It's beyond his being smart. He has something good inside of him, mate, that you can't destroy with this business. He's gone from strength to strength as an actor.'
Russell CroweThe wealth of rich feelings -the deep - the pure;
With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure
Frances Sargent OsgoodGreat works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel JohnsonI will resist you with my last ounce of strength
Jean Luc PicardCharles Kennedy must think hard about whether he has the personal strength to fight the triple demons of the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the drink problem.
Sandra GidleyFew things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel JohnsonOne should always aspire for increment of strength, food and long life because each of them is dependent on other.
Yajur VedaThere are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T WashingtonSilence is a source of great strength.
Lao TzuIf human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
Barbara BushThe real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Thomas PaineThe man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.
Thomas Carlyle'In innocence there is no strength against evil,' said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. 'But there is strength in it for good.'
Ursula Le GuinEverybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
John MuirMethod is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
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