Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao TzuYou 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 BronteNo good writer was ever long neglected; no great man overlooked by men equally great. Impatience is a proof of inferior strength, and a destroyer of what little there may be
Walter LandorThere are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T WashingtonMy attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
Michael JordanIf 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 BushThere is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices. [Ain't that the truth Francis]
Francis JeffreyGive 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 StevensonThe wealth of rich feelings -the deep - the pure;
With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure
Frances Sargent OsgoodNow is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us.
Larry SummersEvery man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
John AbbottTears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
Billy GrahamMarriage 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 TaylorTo have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
Barbra StreisandMy 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 BrattIt is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.
Simone De BeauvoirDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.
SenecaThese 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 RiceI have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.
Shania TwainWillingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.
Jack Welch'In innocence there is no strength against evil,' said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. 'But there is strength in it for good.'
Ursula Le GuinHe is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Henry Ward Beecher If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, you must accept the terms it offers you.
T S EliotI 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 MelmothCharacter 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 KellerHe 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 BlairThe strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Jean Jacques RousseauThis 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 SharapovaFew things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel JohnsonPower is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.
Michel FoucaultEccentricity 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 MillLeonardo 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 CroweAs we look upon that agony and those tearful prayers, let us not only look with thankfulness; but let that kneeling Saviour teach us that in prayer alone can we be forearmed against our lesser sorrows; that strength to bear flows into the heart that is opened in supplication; and that a sorrow which we are made able to endure is more truly conquered than a sorrow which we avoid
Alexander MaclarenFreedom comes from strength and self-reliance.
Lisa MurkowskiTrue strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.
Henry MillerI think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.
Etty HillesumMay 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 McAleeseNo 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 MardenThe strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.
Richard J DaleyThat 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 CowardThe real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
Thomas PaineOne should always aspire for increment of strength, food and long life because each of them is dependent on other.
Yajur VedaWith strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure
Frances Sargent OsgoodThe 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 CarlyleThe 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 Lombardi'It's not always a bed of roses, but the blend of characters makes the
strength of the team.' - A team-building tip
Steve RedgraveWill power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
Cesare PaveseI 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 BrainEverybody 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 MuirThere 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?
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