With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure
Frances Sargent OsgoodWork is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
George SandI feel that I contributed well, but my strength and energy in that department is running out. I made, not friendships, never got anywhere like that, but you know I've formed slight bonds with people and they were lovely and gracious
Lesley BrainHis serve and his fitness have improved hugely, but his biggest strength is the fact he does not have a weakness in his game
Andrew CastleCharacter cannot be developed in peace and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen KellerOne should always aspire for increment of strength, food and long life because each of them is dependent on other.
Yajur VedaI 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 MelmothMy family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength. I take comfort in knowing no matter which path I choose, my family stands behind me.
Benjamin BrattMental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
Vincent T LombardiThese 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 RiceEverybody 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 MuirTrue strength is delicate
Louise NevelsonThe 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 MillerGod give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.
Thomas HuxleyEvery man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
John AbbottFreedom comes from strength and self-reliance.
Lisa MurkowskiHe has shown, as perhaps the most successful chancellor in our country's history, that he's got the strength and the experience and the judgment to make a great prime minister. [yes Tony we all love the fact he destroyed everyone's pension]
Tony BlairOne cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.
Jean AnouilhIf 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 BushMy opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
Malcolm MuggeridgeThere are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T WashingtonTechnically he is very, very sound. Everyone talks about mental strength, but you need belief in your own game to be mentally sound
Andrew CastleThis decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon]
Maria SharapovaIn all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
Robert E LeeThat strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.
Noel CowardTrue strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry MillerThe 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 IngersollClay is and always has been my favourite surface. It is not only a test of your tennis to play on this but also your strength, patience and willpower in a long match.
Alex CorretjaFor us the biggest change in the Australian market over the last five to ten years has been local companies becoming more international in their focus, which plays to our strengths.
Stuart DavisMy own political future depends on my own strength of character dealing with the points that are raised.
Charles ClarkeWhoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.
Daniel O'ConnellEccentricity 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 real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Thomas PaineThe spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth
Dwight EisenhowerOur real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Dwight EisenhowerRage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.
James BaldwinLet me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Louis PasteurIt may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.
Pearl BuckNow is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.
Larry SummersI have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.
Shania TwainStrength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Sir Arthur HelpsThe strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.
Richard J DaleyThe strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.
Baron Pierre De CoubertinThe difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vincent T LombardiI think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.
Etty HillesumO! It is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant (Measure For Measure, Act 2 Scene 2)
William ShakespeareStrengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Amos Bronson AlcottYou 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 BronteYou gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor RooseveltMarriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.
Bishop Jeremy Taylor
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