Top 505 Strength Quotes

Here we have the best Strength Quotes from famous authors such as Kyle Hill, Viola Davis, Charlie Rose, Alexander Dreymon, Anoushka Shankar. Find the perfect quotation from our collection.

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Evolution is ultimately why cancer is so deadly. Take two biopsies from different sides of a tumor, and they can be genetically very different, making it that much harder to fight. Variation is the toolbox of evolution, and this variation gives cancer strength.

I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ And she says, ‘My head and my heart.’ Because that’s what I’ve learned in the foxhole: What gets you through life is strength of character and strength of spirit and love.

I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its – it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.

I believe that my greatest strength is a deep-rooted, unshakeable trust to never let myself give up.

There is great strength in vulnerability, as it takes courage to push through the fear and share one’s true self with others. In music, that vulnerability really speaks to listeners as it connects with their own hearts.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one’s self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Madame de Stael
Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monroe, because she was a curvy woman. I’m drawn to things that have the same kind of silhouettes as what she wore because our bodies are similar.

What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Louis XIV
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

You’re blessed if you have the strength to work.

Mahalia Jackson
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

My strength is that I’m an empath.

Sacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happenconfession puts us back on the field.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long. Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, ‘I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means necessary.’

I have the strength to endure it all.

Moshe Dayan
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

God’s grace is amazing! We’re saved by grace – God’s undeserved favor – and we live by grace, which is also God’s power in our lives to do what we could never do in our own strength. And it’s all because God is love, and He loves us unconditionally, constantly and completely.

While Justin Trudeau uses the slogan, ‘Diversity is our strength,’ he has demonstrated time and again that he does not extend that diversity to thought or conscience.

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That’s success.

The scars in my face are the source of my strength.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

We as men, need to give the Indian women all the strength that she needs, rightfully asking to be able to walk with head held high.

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink – such is the bravery of the dog and boar.

Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

There’s a way to express femininity and independence and strength without going for hanging fruit.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

Lee Greenwood
You 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.

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

I realized that my strength was being different.

As long as I’ve got my life, health and strength, and I’m in my right mind? I’mma get money.

The carrying power of a bridge is not the average strength of the pillars, but the strength of the weakest pillar. I have always believed that you do not measure the health of a society by GNP but by the condition of its worst off.

A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.

I think a guitar solo is how my emotion is most freely released, because verbal articulation isn’t my strongest communication strength. My wife thinks that I should do interviews by listening to the questions and playing the answer on guitar.

At Casablanca we did ‘Midnight Express,’ ‘Flashdance,’ and ‘The Deep.’ My willingness for risk has always been my strength.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

I’m always lobbying for the irrepressible strength of love.

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

Richard L Evans
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

William Samuel Johnson
Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

If a war breaks out with the United States, the navy will have to put all its strength into interceptive operations, so… massive sea-borne supplies might be momentarily interrupted.

I was the only child born to Josephine Perry that survived. Mama had six other children before me, and all had passed very quickly and very young, all succumbing to a combination of illness and disease and the lack of strength to fight off both.

Isabel Sanford
We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.

If Christ has died for me, ungodly as I am, without strength as I am, then I cannot live in sin any longer, but must arouse myself to love and serve Him who has redeemed me.

Solitude is the strength of being alone. It’s where we become our best company.

To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.

I understand now that the vulnerability I’ve always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can’t experience life without feeling life. What I’ve learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it’s a strength.

Your greatest strength can be your greatest weakness.

Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer’s actor. I may be refused to be called a great actor but I have never troubled any of my producers in my life. Honesty always catches the camera, and that is what my strength is.

As long as I feel that inner strength, I’ll be all right.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Richard E Byrd
No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

The strength of the scientific establishment in any country is related to its general level of education, not only in supplying large numbers of eager minds for further training, but also in ensuring a public opinion that holds science in esteem and approves financial support.

Arthur Lewis
My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

I like a women who’s got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that’s fine.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Cesare Pavese
I’m not a rich person financially, but I am in mind and soul. I have so much energy and strength, and I can do a lot of things that make me, and I think my fans, quite happy. When everything’s gone, music alone shall live on.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.

The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America’s communities, large and small.

Of course! It takes a lot of strength to mend a broken heart. Channelising energies into your work helps, but also to be able to accept situations for what they are instead of questioning them helps immensely.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a playersperformance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

Put it this way: I can wear three wigs at one time and three pairs of eyelashes. That’s some strength there. And I roll my eyes extensively, so they get a good workout on a daily basis.

Anfield is the best place in the world to play football; there’s no doubt about it. The atmosphere is incredible, and we always get so much strength from our supporters in every single game.

What gives you strength at any circumstance is your understanding of yourself.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that – and who won’t leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn’t.

I look forward to a great future for America – a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

I bring a lot of energy and passion to what I do. Plus, I’ve had some weird feats of superhuman strength!

The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.

Garrett Fort
The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.

Benjamin Banneker
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.

I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company’s leadership and dedicated employees.

Girls’ strength lies in its diversity, and its members have walked in a lot of borrowed shoes to make it that way. ‘Solitude’ is a bold and sweet example of inspiration trumping originality.

The example afforded before the Great War by Germany – which, if only it had exercised forbearance for another five or ten years, would by now be unrivaled in Europe – suggests that the task facing us now is to build up our strength calmly and with circumspection.

African women in general need to know that it’s OK for them to be the way they are – to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

If I do have a strength, it probably is adaptability.

The people I see be the most successful are the people who have an inner confidence and an inner strength that comes from the character they display away from the stage and from what their parents taught them.

If I’m walking down the street, and if a person abuses me, the dignified thing to do is to keep walking, but if that person starts throwing stones into my home and affects the well-being of me and my family, then that silence is no longer strength; that silence becomes weakness.

Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer.

Eccentricity 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.

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.

I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.

Elvis Stojko
There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.

Vita Sackville-West
Don’t worry about not fitting in. The things that make people think you’re weird are what makes you you, and therefore your greatest strength.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

My game was all about strength and mauling opponents.

In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

Aime Cesaire
I would say darts is probably 15 per cent throwing. The rest of it is mental strength. Being able to hold your nerve.

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can ‘be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough’ are not true. They are fairy tales.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

Russell Brand
We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

Now, when you get a viral infection, what normally happens is it takes days or weeks for your body to fight back at full strength, and that might be too late. When you’re pre-immunized, what happens is you have forces in your body pre-trained to recognize and defeat specific foes. So that’s really how vaccines work.

When you surround yourself with like-minded athletes who are all going through the same thing as you, it gives you more drive and strength to get through those moments when you don’t want to do it any more, when you think it’s hard.

Jessica Fox
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

It is a law woven into the nature of man, attested by history, by science, by literature and art, and by dally experience, that strength of mind and force of character are the supreme rulers of human affairs.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
As I started to do a lot of fitness I gained a little bit more strength and I was a little bit slow around the court.

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.

Alfred Jarry
Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I’m interested in practical strength that’s going to help me run, jump, twist, punch.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you’re never discouraged.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.

We work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work.

John Dos Passos
Victoria’s Secret is really about celebrating women and what they stand for: the strength.

Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower.

They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independence, and not worry about being Mr. Diana Ross, but I disagree. I know absolutely that that man is somewhere out there.

You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.

Self-belief, I think, is my biggest strength. The mental toughness comes into play whenever the chips are down.

My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth.

I believe that the U.S. is the strongest country in the whole world and the country that supports Israel the most. I believe that it has the strength to push Israel towards peace.

When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home’s potential for positive influence.

We can reach our potential, but to do so, we must reach within ourselves. We must summon the strength, the will, and the faith to move forward – to be bold – to invest in our future.

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that’s not just measured in words or gestures.

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.

Thorstein Veblen
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we’ve got more strength than we think we do.

Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.

Our young people are patriots and heroes whom we can be proud of before the world; that they have a large contingent of such trustworthy young people is a great blessing for the Workers’ Party of Korea and a source of pride for Korea, and this assures the great strength of our dignified state and its bright future.

I’m taking each day one day at a time, and building up my strength and endurance. It’s crazy because it takes no time at all to lose everything you have and then so much time to gain it back.

The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o’er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it’s own greatest strength – it’s diversity.

Over the years, golf has evolved from a leisurely game of stick and ball into a competitive sport for highly skilled athletes. Players not only spend countless hours fine-tuning technique on the course, but also improving strength, stability, and endurance in the gym.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt.

Derek Fisher
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.

William Cavendish
A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it’s a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don’t find it to have anything to do with strength.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

I’ve always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they’d give me the strength I needed.

Florence Griffith Joyner
Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Andrei Sakharov
The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.

It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from the traditional ways, the traditional values that our elders retain.

Russell Means
I’m coming from a place of total strength and humility now.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if I’d been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldn’t have been a comic.

Dudley Moore
I’ve always been fascinated by different feats of strength throughout history.

My parents, especially my mother, has been my pillar of strength.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.

They say that pace is the first thing to go, but my game was never based on pace. It was about strength and power and withstanding challenges and getting in the right position.

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

William Shenstone
I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.’

The modern world is one wherein every nation has to develop the strength of which its citizens are capable. The independent status of the individual, his thoughts and actions become a thing of the past.

What is a superhero? They’re supposed to represent hope, opportunity, and strength for everybody.

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it.

Adolf Hitler
Productive power is the foundation of a country’s economic strength.

Stafford Cripps
Venture capital is an inherently optimistic form of investment – which is both its primary strength and its primary weakness.

There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.

My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they believe a regime‘s strength rests not its suppression of a plurality of opinions and ideas, but in its capacity and willingness to encourage them.

My life will not be defined by a single political campaign. Those will come and go. But what has driven me to run for elected office in the past still drives me today: the knowledge that heroes do walk among us with tremendous strength and power.

One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized, who have no means or resources and somehow manage to get out of those situations with incredible strength – and that is more important than anything.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

William Gurnall
The strength people need to proceed along the path of human development can come only from the spiritual worlds.

Yoga is at the core of my health and wellness routine; even if it’s only for 10 to 15 minutes I find it helps me to re-center and to focus as well as improve my overall core strength.

My strength is my enthusiasm.

We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America’s lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns.

Ben Nelson
I want to exude strength and intelligence.

For many years, I tried to make New Year‘s resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

I’m a true believer in the strength of teamwork, in the power of dreams.

Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.

I think that when people see that a successful person who has suffered and is a survivor of mental illness, and is still very successful, I think it gives them a lot of strength.

Indian democracy‘s greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.

We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.

Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don’t be intimidated. Read your Bible. That’s really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God’s name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.

Margaret Keane
You must rouse into people’s consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

Luc de Clapiers
Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Building mental strength is the key to reaching our full potential in life.

My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.

If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

It is an honor and a privilege to be of service and support; however, I realize people are not putting their confidence in me. Instead, they are actually learning to trust themselves. My job is to affirm and support them in the process and teach them to do what I do when I need strength: I begin within.

Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.

Liane Cordes
Kettlebells are the best for everything. We do snatches and swings with them for explosiveness and hamstring and lower back strength, and we’ll also throw them into conditioning circuits where I’ll do a burpee holding the kettlebells and transition into a 2-handed snatch.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren’t able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It’s called being human.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

There is a growing strength in women but it’s in the forehead, not the forearm.

I think I was born strong-willed. That’s not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

The reserve strength is very important in assessing a team’s ability.

I have a more personal insight into the importance of core strength because my wife Louise runs a Pilates studio in London. I have enjoyed getting into Pilates. I am not the most supple but I enjoy Pilates more than yoga.

Lincoln‘s stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition – in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village.

John George Nicolay
Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.

Alain Badiou
So many people in the world would rather stay in a situation that’s painful but familiar because they’re comfortable with it. Not a lot of people have the strength or heart to realize when something’s not good for them and to turn around and be alone.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

Flexibility is crucial to my fitness. Incorporating a good warm-up and cool-down into every session decreases my chances of injury. I use both dynamic and static stretching in my training. I’ve starting doing a few yoga sessions which incorporates muscle strength and flexibility.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people’s business.

True strength is delicate.

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
It’s that strength of the human spirit, the strength of what’s deep down in you, that’s really going to get you anywhere and everywhere.

I have been honoured to serve the whales, dolphins, seals – and all the other creatures on this Earth. Their beauty, intelligence, strength, and spirit have inspired me.

I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, ‘Don’t lose heart, God has his own plans.’ Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.

Leaders 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.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

The pagan loves the earth in order to enjoy it and confine himself within it; the Christian in order to make it purer and draw from it the strength to escape from it.

Dictators have an old trick to assess the strength of their opposition: they say something patently untrue, and then look to see who mindlessly repeats it. Those who do, they recognise as their true supporters.

It is labor that keeps the strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil and burden-bearing, is what will give strength to the church of Christ.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Tecumseh
Remember to look at your glass half full and not half empty. A lot of my strength comes from God. God has given me a gift – the gift of life – and it’s amazing that I live each day.

We believe with all the strength of our spirit that mankind has a supreme, primary and irreplaceable need which can be satisfied only through Jesus Christ, the first-born among men, the head of the new humanity, in whom each individual reaches full self-realization.

I do believe in the old saying, ‘What does not kill you makes you stronger.’ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Where a man’s strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women – the way that he loves.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis.

Paul von Hindenburg
And also, there’s a reason why gay characters are so interesting. Because much like the women in Bridgerton,’ there are a lot of hurdles and there’s a lot of self-growth, and there’s a real strength to gay men.

God is waiting eagerly to respond with new strength to each little act of self-control, small disciplines of prayer, feeble searching after him. And his children shall be filled if they will only hunger and thirst after what he offers.

Richard Holloway
There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.

In San Francisco, our diversity is our strength.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Amos Bronson Alcott
A robust economy is a source of national strength for Japan.

I take the really sad moments with me to the court. I’m able to transform all that energy, and from it create strength, faith, and a will to honor everything I’ve gone through. I use the memory of those painful moments as a weapon to keep fighting.

Roosevelt‘s strength was that he understood he would never get anything through the Republican old guard, his party, unless the public pressured Congress.

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

People say, ‘Where do you get your strength from?’ Well, where does an ape get his strength from? They are 20 times stronger than humans, and they don’t rely on a meat-based diet. They eat plants all day long. It’s a myth that you need meat for strength.

The strength of brand loyalty begins with how your product makes people feel.

Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of strength.

Will power is only the tensile strength of one’s own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.

Cesare Pavese
I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.

I believe you’ll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.

Bill Rodgers
Something called ‘the Oklahoma Standardbecame known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

Brad Henry
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?

My father has been a constant source of love and strength in my life.

Hunter Biden
I’m an activist for gay marriage equality and children’s rights. I’m the face of Share Our Strength.

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

Michael Landon
Freedom and order are not incompatibletruth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.

Now I’m strong: I can run fast, I can lift weights, and that in itself is quite empowering, to have that physical strength. It changes my whole mental attitude.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

Max Lerner
Power 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.

I was always fascinated by strength. Arnold was an idol of mine.

As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I’m going to work for it – even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.

Medgar Evers
I expend a lot of energy in my 50-60 minutes of cardio and strength training every day.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.

Every team has its weakness, and every team has its strength.

Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.

Strengths are not activities you’re good at, they’re activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you’re doing it you look forward to doing it; while you’re doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you’ve done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.

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.

What defines someone as a ‘man’ should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.

I just hope that God will give me the strength that I can prove my worth.

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places – uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me – I find fault.

Branch Rickey
Although I’m not an orphan and I can’t lift a horse. I was, however, briefly famous for my feats of strength: at about age 11, I could competitively arm-wrestle a full-grown man.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Our manufacturing in India has grown with a lot of indigenous strength.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

We’ve got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

God gave me the strength to see, and breathe, and talk.

Leon Spinks
Each year, the State of the Union reflects the priorities of the current administration – and it provides the American people with a collective moment to reflect on the strength and security of our country.

It 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.

I’m a strong believer in God. Always have been. I’ve always believed that he directed my path from the time I was a kid. He has always been my source of strength.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

Marge Piercy
Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Trade wars in which countries are then obliged to retaliate by raising their own tariffs against the initiator undermine growth and hurt consumers. Far from being expressions of strength they highlight the failure of the initiating country’s economic sector to compete in the global market place.

You know that neither numbers nor strength give the victory, but that side which, with the assistance of the gods, attacks with the greatest resolution is generally irresistible.

It takes so much strength to say to your ego, ‘You know what? You’re going to keep me lonely, so I have to ignore you.’

I have a concept of Naples that is not so much of a city, per se, but rather an ingredient of the human spirit that I detect in everyone, Neapolitan or not. The idea that ‘Neapolitanism’ and mass ignorance are somehow indissolubly linked is one that I am prepared to fight with all the strength I have.

Luciano De Crescenzo
That 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 Coward
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

To 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.

It takes an inner strength to succeed.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul’s strength on.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.

Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.

Mike Murdock
I couldn’t beat people with my strength; I don’t have a hard shot; I’m not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

People don’t understand the power of love and family and strength.

It is definitely hard when you’re going against the tide. Of course, it is tough. But does that mean you can’t do it? No, it depends on your strength, stamina and ability to take so much power against you.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.

I don’t believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn’t give strength; it just gives loneliness.

Carla Bruni
I think the beauty of Catholicism is its consistency through both successes and difficulties. I’ve counted on my faith to give me strength through both training and competition – but also in school, with my family and everyday life.

Katie Ledecky
Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, or well-managed, can provide what our families provide.

Bill Owens
Brittle masculinity, in the right setting, becomes political atrocity. Strength brings problems; weakness brings others, but weakness posing as strength is the most dangerous of all.

As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up… so we can focus… so we can be in concert with one another.

To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

Sextus Propertius
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

I never said I wanted a ‘happy’ life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.

It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

One of the strengths of the DC Universe has been the strength of the rogues’ gallery. Often times they’re as famous – if not more infamous – than our heroes.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?

Ivan Turgenev
‘Howard The Duck‘ has a lot of fans, and usually when they come up to me, I just think they’re the coolest. Because it takes a lot of strength, a lot of perseverance to love ‘Howard the Duck.’

I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my first language, and I definitely know America. I think that will be my strength, to try and bring the two worlds together.

No force can conquer the service personnel and people who, in support of their great leader, have turned out in the struggle to defend their country with confidence in the validity of their cause and their own strength – this is a law and a truth taught by history.

We can’t control injuries and we can’t control things like that. But physically, when it comes down to pure strength, quads, legs, core, upper body, I’m a whole lot stronger.

Do what you love at all costs and maintain your faith in God. Nothing we have is of our own strength so as long as we remember where we came from, it will inform us where we are going.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We can learn the art of fierce compassion – redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking – while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.

Yoga is equal parts strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

But when I lived as a monk, solitude is often spoken of as a strength. And so the first thing I’d recommend is finding one thing that you can do every single day that brings you joy. It may be reading a book you love. It may be looking at a beautiful piece of art.

Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water!

The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband‘s bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

What are the symbols of American strength, wealth, power and modernity? Certainly not jazz and rock and roll, not chewing-gum or hamburgers, Broadway or Hollywood. It’s their skyscrapers. Their Pentagon. Their science. Their technology.

I dare say there may be some men and women in the Armed Forces who are so decent that they would say: Give the Iraqi people money, we do not want to be paid back. That is the strength of our country.

Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature – when at all present, that is.

If we are faithful to God in little things, we shall gain experience and strength that will be helpful to us in the more serious trials of life.

Hudson Taylor
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Strength of will is the test of a young man‘s possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?

When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spidersspinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.

My fitness instructor helped me with strength training, muscle building, and toning.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak – you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.

When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.

Comte de Lautreamont
Every burden is a blessing.

Walt Kelly
My aim for my dancing and fitness is to achieve flexibility in those disciplines so I am spending time to make sure I stretch after each workout or dancing session I do to give me further strength and ability.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one’s self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.

Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes.

What I think we have to be doing is promote the strength of the U.K. working together far stronger, far more than we have done, and I have a number of policy areas that I would use to try and make that happen.

A nation will rise no higher than the strength of its homes.

With any luck, Heaven itself will resemble a vast used bookstore, with a really good cafe in one corner, serving dark beer and kielbasa to keep up one’s strength while browsing, and all around will be the kind of angels usually found in Victoria’s Secret catalogs.

The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it; making sure Buck gets to where he gots to go.

Young Buck
I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America.

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.

Without strength and courage it’s really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you’re alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.

If you’re growing up in a chaotic world without reason, your instinct is to become a performer and control the circumstances around you. You lead from weakness into strength; you have an undefended back.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.

Anna Freud
I’ve really learned to build this inner strength and inner confidence of knowing that I can get through anything because I know what I’ve pushed through in the past.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.

Pilates has been the perfect solution to maintaining strength and vitality in my life.

Italy remained attached to conservatism. It had a political class that lived in the past and didn’t build the future. The past is our strength, but it risks becoming our ruin if we walk with our heads turned backwards.

Matteo Renzi
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it.

Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

Anna Julia Cooper
All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me… You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.

I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness – all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had – outside of us.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

This inner strength we have, this desire to evolve and expand and explore, I do love that about humanity. At the same time, it’s scary what it does on a global scale. I’m very much caught between the two.

And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.

I want my children to attend inclusive schools where diversity is respected and acknowledged as a sign of strength.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.

Malcolm Muggeridge
Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed my heart.

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.

Alain Robert
People talk about great motivators, but I think motivation has to come from within the individual first, because if you haven‘t got that inner strength yourself, and belief and you want to do well, it doesn’t matter what anybody else says. You have to have that; it has to be inbuilt.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

Georges Duhamel
The AFL-CIO is a structure that divides workers’ strength by allowing each union to organize in any industry, then bargain on its own, even when workers share a common employer.

He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.

If I had the hand strength to sign autographs for everybody in Kansas City, I would… but its just impossible to get to everyone.

Dante Hall
One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

I’ve been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

Benjamin Britten
The future belongs to us, because we have taken charge of it. We have the commitment, we have the resourcefulness, and we have the strength of our people to share the dream across Africa of clean water for all.

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.

What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.

The perseverance and the strength and the determination and the sacrifice that so many millions of people have had to endure to form this country is far greater than anything that we can really imagine.

I feel like it’s always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It’s often times your greatest ‘flaw‘ which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It’s black and whitedramatic. You have to be strong.

It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

John Cheever
As far as the U.S. economy is concerned, I always believe that the U.S. economy is solidly based, not only in a material sense, but more importantly, the United States has the strength of scientific and technological talent, and managerial expertise.

Wen Jiabao
The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and vibrant. The woman is strength in time of suffering, courageous in failure, intuitive in time of danger. A woman is ingenuous when all fails, resourceful in times of want, and a true helpmate for man.

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.

Charles Kingsley
It’s never too late to reclaim your inner diva and reclaim your inner strength.

When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God’s laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Corrie Ten Boom
If I have any strength as a dancer, I got it all from Nijinska. Her barre was tough, and there were very difficult combinations.

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn’t have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

Christopher believed that to overcome any adversity, no matter how challenging, you need to go forward each day with strength, determination and compassion.

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community – as SNCC does – must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.

My mental strength was definitely a weakness back in the karting days, and I’ve worked hard on that to be as ready as possible for whenever I had the chance in F1.

Akhmad is strength!

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

Early childhood education remains one of the strongest investments we can make in the long-term success of our students and the long-term economic strength of our communities.

When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.

I am closest to my mother, as she is my rock, my pillar of strength, and my world. Not only has she stood by me through all times – happy, sad, and otherwise – but there have even been moments when I had completely lost hope, and her immense belief in me had lifted me up.

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.

I grew up in Nacogdoches, Texas… raised by my grandmother. We were very poor and had no indoor plumbing. My grandmother was a very religious woman, though, and she gave me a lot of faith and inner strength.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also through other people’s support and belief in me.

It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa.

Stephen Lewis
At some point, you can’t lift this boulder with just your own strength. And if you find that you need to move bigger and bigger boulders up hills, you will need more and more help.

Disappointment builds character and strength.

Public corruption is the FBI’s top criminal priority. The threat – which involves the corruption of local, state, and federally elected, appointed, or contracted officials – strikes at the heart of government, eroding public confidence and undermining the strength of our democracy.

The thing with me. I can’t stick musicians. I’ve thought about this. I can’t stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that’s my strength I can hear what they can’t.

Mark E Smith
Women’s strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

William Moulton Marston
A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.

Miriam Makeba
There’s no way Daniel Bryan can beat me in a Royal Rumble match. It’s ridiculous. He’s nowhere near as heavy as me; he doesn’t have a fraction of the strength I have. There are a lot of ways that Daniel Bryan can possibly beat me.

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

Henry Drummond
Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

All Anne Lister wanted was a wife, and the other liaisons couldn’t commit, but Ann Walker did. She took sacrament with her, and they became wife and wife. That shows extraordinary strength.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

William E Gladstone
Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

There’s a lot of strength in the U.S., but there’s a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off. We’re going to have to face up to some realities that we’re not fully facing up to right now.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

I used to play football for Real Madrid, and to be on stage for two hours, I can tell you it takes the same amount of strength.

Julio Iglesias
Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.

Paul Brunton
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

My bad habits aren’t my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

In the strength of the Lord we can do and endure and overcome all things.

There is no question in my mind that a ‘Brexit‘ would deal a significant blow to the E.U.’s strength and resilience at exactly the moment when the West is under attack from multiple directions.

I believe in blood, soil, and honour; family, homeland, and hamingja; strength, traditions, and courage.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

George F Kennan
Only the gentle are ever really strong.

I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.

Don’t wish me happiness – I don’t expect to be happy it’s gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor – I will need them all.

Klopp gave me strength of character and helped me progress. He’s a charismatic person, and I have a lot of respect for this man.

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He’s right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.

Friedrich List
On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn’t come naturally. It’s all necessary stuff I suppose but it’s not my strength.

Nobody picks on a strong man.

Charles Atlas
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands – and then eat just one of the pieces.

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

I think scars are like battle wounds – beautiful, in a way. They show what you’ve been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

My mother at a young age put me in bilingual, so my strength is really more in Spanish. Even though I live and I was born and raised in the States, you know, in the Bronx, in Spanish I get my point across. And when I’m writing music, when I’m doing music, it’s easier for me, and I know exactly how to express myself.

Each year, Labor Day gives us an opportunity to recognize the invaluable contributions that working men and women make to our nation, our economy and our collective prosperity. It gives us a chance to show gratitude for workers’ grit, dedication, ingenuity and strength, which define our nation’s character.

Adding muscle and strength will be a big help to me.

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That’s the key.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Betty Friedan
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

Tecumseh
Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

Blanka Vlasic
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.

Spend the first six to 12 months building a great product or service that people love, rather than chasing investors. When the time comes to engage investors, you will be meeting them from a position of strength. This makes all the difference.

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you’ve got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don’t give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Old age is not a disease – it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

Maggie Kuhn
Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ’s accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Carl von Clausewitz
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point.

God gave me such great abilities, and sometimes that’s a strength and sometimes it’s not a strength. It’s just the way it is.

I believe in prayer. It’s the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

To me, the biggest attraction is a woman’s charisma, her soul, her inner strength.

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It’ll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

I’m very proud of my heritage and the blood that runs through my veins. I take a lot of strength from that.

I know that war and mayhem run in our blood. I refuse to believe that they must dominate our lives. We humans are animals, too, but animals with amazing powers of rationality, morality, society. We can use our strength and courage not to savage each other, but to defend our highest purposes.

I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.

We 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 Bacon
The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are shut flounders about in outer darkness.

Edwin Booth
There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one’s anonymity.

John Knowles
My mentality is my biggest strength.

I just want people to understand that regardless of what it is that you do – whether you’re a teacher, whether you are a doctor, a single mother, a college student, a big sister – that you have strength within you, and I want people to be inspired to walk in their own superhero regardless of what it is that they do.

That’s the beauty of short films; their strength lies in delivering a message creatively and simply.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

Leo Rosten
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

Part of the problem with America is that letting go of emotions is viewed as a weakness, but it’s my strength. That enabled me to write my songs.

I’ve been doing a lot of deadlifting and squatting for overall strength.

Jesse Lee Soffer
In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty.

Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

The legacy of Steve Jobs and the strength of Steve Jobs is that he established a company that’s clearly firing on all cylinders and clicking very well.