Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Votes: 9
Mahatma GandhiThe world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Votes: 8
Ernest HemingwayCourage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. Votes: 7
Napoleon BonaparteTears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. Votes: 7
Billy GrahamSuccess is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. Votes: 5
Marilyn vos SavantWorry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. Votes: 5
Corrie Ten BoomThere are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. Votes: 5
Booker T. WashingtonYou have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Votes: 3
Marcus AureliusUnity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. Votes: 2
Mattie StepanekThere are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Votes: 2
Charles DickensContinuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Votes: 2
Winston ChurchillIt doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go. Votes: 2
J. C. WattsNo one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Votes: 2
BuddhaWe have not strength enough to follow our reason so far as it would carry us.
Francois de La RochefoucauldPatience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonMethod is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe sun is all about the world we see, the breath and strength of every spring.
Algernon Charles SwinburneWhere is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheStrength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.
Friedrich NietzscheI want to give you the depth and the strength which is yours... the original you.
Harbhajan Singh YogiThere is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
Saint Francis de SalesA living being seeks, above all, to discharge its strength. Life is will to power.
Friedrich NietzscheIf you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.
Sergei LukyanenkoThe effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.
Thomas B. MacaulayMake sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.
George WashingtonI don't really need bulk, just strength. I can get strong without putting on weight.
LaMarcus AldridgeGod will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Saint Francis de SalesThe highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.
Swami VivekanandaWhat makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.
Swami VivekanandaCan a general fight on the strength of soldiers, who, he knows, have no faith in him?
Mahatma GandhiThe dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.
Mahatma GandhiRight motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action.
Mary Baker EddyHe who does not walk against the arrows cannot talk about the strength of his shield!
Mehmet Murat ildanSuccess waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.
Booker T. WashingtonReflection increases the vigor of the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body.
Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de LevisYou have to bounce in life with joy. Your strength lies in your smiles and your songs.
Harbhajan Singh YogiThere is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony.
Henry David ThoreauI am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.
Louis MacNeiceOur nettlesome task is to discover how to organize our strength into compelling power.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Psychology should be just as concerned with building strength as with repairing damage
Martin SeligmanImagine it. Use all your strength and imagine it exactly. And it will happen that way.
Susan FletcherWe have seen that our vigour, our strength, nay, our national life is in our religion.
Swami VivekanandaIt is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength.
Edward YoungThe strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
Henry Ward BeecherWe must believe in the power and strength of our words. Our words can change the world.
Malala YousafzaiFrom my father's side I got the strength, the mental toughness, the heart, the courage.
Mariano RiveraLaughter is taken as a sign of strength, freedom, health, beauty, youth, and happiness.
Martin GrotjahnFind the courage and the strength to turn inward and to ask a simple, soaring question.
Neale Donald WalschHe celebrates yesterday's victory in order to gain more strength for tomorrow's battle.
Paulo CoelhoThe strength and clarity of your vision will lift you out of the depth of any hardship.
Robin SharmaExtended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.
Samuel JohnsonFaith gives self-confidence, self-courage and strength. Votes: 3 Lailah Gifty Akita
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. Votes: 1 Mattie Stepanek
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give. Votes: 1 Henry B. Eyring
Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give. Votes: 1 Henry B. Eyring
Sports are fundamental for growing in a healthy way: they represent fair competition, strength, and exercise, which enhance the body's healthy balance and strengthen the mind. Votes: 3 Giorgio Armani
Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength. Votes: 4 Sid Waddell
Psychology should be just as concerned with building strength as with repairing damage Votes: 3 Martin Seligman
And I think we understand we cannot make social change for all workers until we have enough strength, membership strength, and at the same time having membership strength and only making change for a limited group of workers is not what our country really needs for people that work. Votes: 1 Andy Stern
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. Votes: 1 Hal Borland
Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy. Votes: 3 Nicole Scherzinger
Most faculty spend a lot of time thinking about content and what to cover, but content delivery is not the core strength of a university, just as it is not for newspapers. The core strength of a university is integration. Votes: 4 José Antonio Bowen
I think we women underrate ourselves when it comes to our courage and strength. Votes: 4 Judith McNaught
Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Votes: 3 Michael Jordan
Men have a psychological need to show off their courage and strength. When he sees you talking to another guy, that instinct kicks in and he jumps to protect you and prove he's worthy of your love. Votes: 1 Helen Fisher
Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman. Votes: 1 Jennifer Chiaverini
We have set out on a quest for true humanity, and somewhere on the distant horizon we can see the glittering prize. Let us march forth with courage and determination, drawing strength from our common plight and our brotherhood [and sisterhood]. In time we shall be in a position to bestow upon South Africa the greatest gift possible--a more human face Votes: 3 Steven Biko
Let us face it: in the world today, money and economic strength remain more powerful arguments than the number of people you represent. Votes: 2 Guy Verhofstadt
You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters. Votes: 5 Star Jones
I talk a lot about strength, faith and love, but I don't ever talk about the fact that I am one of the most sensitive people in my family. That might be the most shocking, because you always see me fighting the good fight, with the strong face on, but I am the most emotional. Votes: 1 Monica
My family is my strength and my weakness. Votes: 2 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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. Votes: 1 Bill Owens
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' Votes: 2 Eleanor Roosevelt
A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God. Votes: 3 Walter Martin
As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities. Votes: 1 Alan Thicke
America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation. Votes: 3 Bill Frist
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. Votes: 2 Saint Francis de Sales
Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Votes: 1 William Moulton Marston
God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me. Votes: 2 Thomas Huxley
Give 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. Votes: 3 Robert Louis Stevenson
As long as God gives me the strength to still minister and create, I'll do it. Votes: 1 Andrae Crouch
The word of God gives strength to my bones, power to my spirit and hope to my soul. Votes: 4 Lailah Gifty Akita
As long as God gives me the strength to still minister and create, I'll do it. Votes: 3 Andrae Crouch
A conviction that you are a daughter of God gives you a feeling of comfort in your self-worth. It means that you can find strength in the balm of Christ. It will help you meet the heartaches and challenges with faith and serenity. Votes: 1 James E. Faust
The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt. Votes: 1 Derek Fisher
Our knowledge, is our power, and God our strength. Votes: 3 Robert Southey
God gave me the strength to see, and breathe, and talk. Votes: 2 Leon Spinks
Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me. Votes: 1 John Piper
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. Votes: 1 Alana Stewart
Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes. Votes: 2 Harsha Bhogle
Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength. Votes: 1 E. O. Wilson
Trials may come - and we may not understand everything that happens to us or around us. But if we humbly, quietly trust in the Lord, He will give us guidance and strength in every challenge we face. When our only desire is to please Him, we will be blessed with a deep inner peace. Votes: 3 Bruce D. Porter
My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life. Votes: 1 GG Allin
Men and women have strengths that complement each other. Votes: 4 Edwin Louis Cole
No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength Votes: 2 Jack Kerouac
Spring time is a season of great hope and strength. Votes: 3 Lailah Gifty Akita
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. Votes: 4 Lewis Carroll
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. Votes: 1 Diana Ross
Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life. Votes: 4 Gregory Peck
We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration. Votes: 1 Josefa Iloilo
I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ. Votes: 1 Willie Aames
I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too. Votes: 1 Larry Hagman
I thought acknowledging praise meant you were arrogant, but I've learned that knowing your strengths enables you to make use of them. Votes: 5 Donna Brazile
True leadership strengthens the followers. It is a process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others. If you seek to lead, your ability will ultimately be measured in the successes of those around you. Votes: 3 David Niven
Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them. Votes: 1 Jim Crace
All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone. Votes: 1 Christian Lous Lange
I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. Votes: 2 Pedro Almodovar
In the face of such a threat, they had no other choice but to throw themselves to the far left. But now that the people are conscious of our efforts, now that they see us resolving problems, the communists are losing strength. Votes: 3 Indira Gandhi
There is a comfort in the strength of love; 'Twill make a thing endurable, which else would overset the brain, or break the heart. Votes: 2 William Wordsworth
Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves. Votes: 1 John Eldredge
The best marriages, like the best lives, were both happy and unhappy. There was even a kind of necessary tension, a certain tautness between the partners that gave the marriage strength, like the tautness of a full sail. You went forward on it. Votes: 3 Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable. Votes: 5 Torrey DeVitto
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. Votes: 2 John F. Kennedy
Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any. Votes: 3 Mahatma Gandhi
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. Votes: 1 Gloria Estefan
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Votes: 1 Mother Teresa
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. Votes: 1 Barack Obama
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet. Votes: 2 Carry Nation
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. Votes: 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower
I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers. Votes: 2 Ariel Sharon
You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding. Votes: 2 Guy Finley
I haven't strength of mind not to need a career. Votes: 2 Ruth Benedict
God wants to free us from ourselves, and there's nothing like suffering to show us that we need something bigger than our abilities and our strength and our explanations. Votes: 1 Tullian Tchividjian
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Votes: 4 Eleanor Roosevelt
I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away. Votes: 1 Melissa Manchester
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. Votes: 1 John Ruskin
I challenge anybody to say that I wouldn't know how to approach foreign policy because, unlike some of the other people, I at least have a foreign policy philosophy, which is an extension of the Reagan philosophy. Peace through strength, and my philosophy is peace through strength and clarity. Votes: 3 Herman Cain
Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it. Votes: 2 Stephen Covey
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. Votes: 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ever since Sourav became the captain, I do not feel like a youngster in the team any more. Everybody is treated equally and Sourav himself is extremely approachable and a pillar of strength. Sourav stood by me when I was struggling. I owe a great deal to him for standing by me at the most important time. I can't express my gratitude to him in words. Votes: 2 Harbhajan Singh
The source of my power and strength is God, and I know it, without a shadow of a doubt. Votes: 4 Derek Fisher
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. Votes: 1 Margaret Keane
I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity. Votes: 2 Michelle Obama
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength. Votes: 2 Saint Francis de Sales
I wanted Puma to regain strength with the existing logo rather than try to get rid of the past. Votes: 1 Jochen Zeitz
Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you. Votes: 1 Mike Murdock
We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength and purpose. These are our passions. Votes: 3 Adam Braun
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. Votes: 1 Charlotte Bronte
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. Votes: 3 Joss Whedon
Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out. Votes: 3 Steven Yeun
I've always found poverty a source of strength. Votes: 4 Stephen Frears
You can have financial strength, professional strength, emotional strength but for me without spiritual strength none of the rest of it matters. Votes: 7 Star Jones
In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty. Votes: 7 Grace Paley
Your angels are giving you strength and comfort right now. Votes: 5 Doreen Virtue
Strength and conditioning are the keys to good performance and longevity in gymnastics. Votes: 5 Suzanne Yoculan
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. Votes: 4 Yuvraj Singh
With strength and determination you can do anything you want in life, as long as you believe in yourself, because if you don't, no one else will. Votes: 4 Arnold Schwarzenegger
We get strength and encouragement from watching children. Votes: 5 Hayao Miyazaki
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. Votes: 9 Lawrence Welk
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. Votes: 1 Margaret Keane
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. Votes: 1 John le Carre
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. Votes: 3 Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who is as messed up and neurotic and scarred and scared can be fully accepted by our dear Lord, no questions asked. Votes: 9 Anne Lamott
The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? Votes: 3 Dag Hammarskjold
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. Votes: 3 Oliver Goldsmith
It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. Votes: 3 Sharon Salzberg
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. Votes: 3 John Cheever
The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible. Votes: 6 Colin Farrell
America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation. Votes: 1 Bill Frist
You become a worrier by practicing worry. You can become free of worry by practicing the opposite and stronger habit of faith. With all the strength and perseverance you can command, start practicing faith. Votes: 4 Norman Vincent Peale
At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection. Votes: 3 Lee Greenwood
On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets. Votes: 3 Patrick J. Kennedy
People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression. Votes: 3 Joseph J. Lhota
The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result. Votes: 3 Sadaharu Oh
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. Votes: 4 L. Lionel Kendrick
Learning how to get in tune with your field of energy and understand how to create your energy, expand that energy, and move that energy through your body. Coming back to your center, and approaching life from that center-to-line place... That to me gave me strength and understanding and hopefully wisdom to solve life's problems and challenges. Votes: 5 Erin Gray
Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self. Votes: 3 John Bytheway
I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths. Votes: 3 Michael Patrick King
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. Votes: 1 Jesse Ventura
When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. Votes: 6 Stephen Sondheim
Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. Votes: 4 William J. Clinton
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. Votes: 1 Robert E. Lee
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea. Votes: 1 Swami Vivekananda
Sometimes your greatest strength can emerge as a weakness if the context changes. Votes: 2 Harsha Bhogle
There is a strength of character in the people who have, by and large, never experienced comfort. Votes: 3 Sean Penn
The perfection of Christian character depends wholly upon the grace and strength found alone in God. Votes: 1 Ellen G. White
Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. Votes: 1 Jaclyn Smith
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. Votes: 1 John Bacon
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Votes: 1 Eleanor Roosevelt
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. Votes: 1 John Ruskin
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. Votes: 3 Samantha Stosur
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. Votes: 1 Jim Lee
As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities. Votes: 1 Alan Thicke
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. Votes: 1 William Hazlitt
My sense of personal strength has always come from my family. Votes: 1 Benjamin Bratt
Those who are believers in God find strength from their faith in the face of suffering. They are compelled to give sacrificially to help those in need. And they have the hope that comes from knowing that, with God by their side, the tragedy they are facing is never the final word. Votes: 2 Adam Hamilton
We are all one, learning strength from weakness. Votes: 3 Marlo Morgan
It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters. Votes: 1 Lance Reddick
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. Votes: 1 Mahatma Gandhi
I pored over art books and absorbed the placidness of Monet's garden, the sparkling color of the Impressionists, the strength and solidity of Michelangelo's figures showing the titanic power of humans at one with God, Jan Vermeer's serene Dutch women bathed in gorgeous honey-colored light... My conviction grew that art was stronger than death. Votes: 1 Susan Vreeland
God gave me the strength to see, and breathe, and talk. Votes: 2 Leon Spinks
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. Votes: 1 Ovid
Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left. Votes: 1 Bobby Bowden
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health. Votes: 1 Dalai Lama
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Votes: 1 Helen Keller
I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures. Votes: 1 Pierce Brosnan
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward. Votes: 1 Al Gore
Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated. Votes: 1 Brad Henry
We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God. Votes: 3 David Brainerd
Faith is the most important thing in the world to me. It's the greatest strength I've had. It's helped me get through the hard times. You're not going to win every one of your football games. I've always said I'm not going to make football my god. A lot of coaches put so much into coaching football games that they have nothing left. Votes: 1 Bobby Bowden
Japan had the big earthquake in 2011, and the Olympics will be a good opportunity to bring strength to the people of the Tohoku region - and also to show everyone around the world that Japan is doing fine again. These are messages we have to convey through the power of sport. Votes: 1 Kohei Uchimura
Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. Votes: 2 Drew Barrymore
Love doesn't need to be doubted, tested or proven... it's meant to be shown, shared, and nurtured. Find your strength in love.... Votes: 4 Sarah
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better. Votes: 7 Mark Shields
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength. Votes: 1 Robert E. Lee
People shared everything: information, equipment, their floors, whatever. There was strength in unity. Votes: 3 Michael Azerrad
If the written word has contributed anything at all to our developing species and our half developed culture, it is this: Great writing has been a staff to lean on, a mother to consult, a wisdom to pick up stumbling folly, a strength in weakness and a courage to support sick cowardice. Votes: 3 John Steinbeck
Have strength in yourself always .think and remember not just what you should do, but also what you want to do. (Ageha , Basara, Vol. 13) Votes: 3 Yumi Tamura
In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence. Votes: 1 Cory Booker
People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood. Votes: 1 Zoe Saldana
I talk a lot about strength, faith and love, but I don't ever talk about the fact that I am one of the most sensitive people in my family. That might be the most shocking, because you always see me fighting the good fight, with the strong face on, but I am the most emotional. Votes: 1 Monica
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. Votes: 1 Marilyn Monroe
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Votes: 1 Maya Angelou
Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength. Votes: 1 Rachel Maddow
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Votes: 1 Mother Teresa
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command. Votes: 1 Steven Pressfield
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. Votes: 1 Barack Obama
Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? Votes: 3 Nelson Mandela
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. Votes: 4 Blaise Pascal
Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. Votes: 1 Mother Teresa
You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities. Votes: 3 Steve Case
The strength of a woman is the love she carries in her heart. Votes: 3 Lailah Gifty Akita
My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength. Votes: 1 Jayne Meadows
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. Votes: 1 Donella Meadows
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. Votes: 8 Baruch Spinoza
Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families. Votes: 2 Mitt Romney
The perfection of Christian character depends wholly upon the grace and strength found alone in God. Votes: 2 Ellen G. White
I fight with the strength of many lion meows. I love even more ferociously. Votes: 3 Jarod Kintz
Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. Votes: 8 Arnold Palmer
When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings. Votes: 2 Michael Enzi
It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. Votes: 3 Walter Scott
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. Votes: 6 Max Ehrmann
If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard. Votes: 3 Ernest Shackleton
Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace. Votes: 1 David Brainerd
Choices! Choices!! Choices!!! I have chosen love over hate.I have chosen faith over fears.I have chosen courage over cowardice.I have chosen strength over weakness.I have chosen positive thinking over negative thoughts. Votes: 3 Lailah Gifty Akita
I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable. Votes: 1 Janet Jackson
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Votes: 1 Samuel Johnson
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. Votes: 1 Plato
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength. Votes: 3 Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you. Votes: 1 Mike Murdock
Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength. Votes: 1 E. O. Wilson
There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger. Votes: 1 Rumi
I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me. Votes: 2 Zach Gilford
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs. Votes: 1 Henry Villard
The type of cuisine I do, especially after being on 'Iron Chef' for several years, is a lot of global cuisine. My strength has always been Mediterranean cuisine across the board from Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, but I think now I'm doing a lot of very different cuisines all the time. Votes: 1 Cat Cora
I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There's many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal, that's exciting to me. Votes: 1 Kathy Ireland
My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil. Votes: 1 Nikki Reed
Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way. Votes: 4 Betty Smith
Through my own struggles with depression, I discovered that knowledge, therapy, medication and education can provide the strength to get through it in one piece. Votes: 1 Susan Polis Schutz
You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it. Votes: 1 Mary J. Blige
For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done. Votes: 3 Ralph Waldo Emerson
People usualy use "move on" when their heart broke because of love. Most don't understand when father, mother, sister or brother has died, you might have needed more strength to move on. It was like living with no air. Votes: 3 Glad Munaiseche
I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to! Votes: 7 Laurieann Gibson
Only out of great vulnerability do you discover what strength you have. Having a daughter who I love with all my being has helped me mine the source of that strength to previously unknown depths. Votes: 1 Emilia Fox
We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots. Votes: 4 Bill Hybels
People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture. Votes: 1 Sylvester Stallone
Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along. Votes: 1 Francis Chan
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. Votes: 3 Lewis Carroll
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. Votes: 1 Charles Stanley
There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger. Votes: 4 Rumi
Girl power is about loving yourself and having confidence and strength from within, so even if you're not wearing a sexy outfit, you feel sexy. Votes: 1 Nicole Scherzinger
I concentrate on making everything strong, and you can't do that with just cardio. I strength-train one day - and I'm not talking heavy weights, just a little. I see my trainer one day, next day I take a yoga class or cook. I'm not someone who just opens a pantry and rustles something up. Votes: 2 Jessica Biel
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. Votes: 1 Isabel Allende
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. Votes: 1 Isabel Allende
Adversity is the test of strength in every soul. Votes: 3 Lailah Gifty Akita
It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. Votes: 1 Moshe Dayan
All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. Votes: 1 Arthur Scargill
Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his best to promote separation. Votes: 3 Charles Spurgeon
I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness. Votes: 4 Annie Besant
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength. Votes: 2 Barbara Corcoran
If 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. Votes: 1 Barbara Bush
Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength. Votes: 3 Edward Kitsis
Through the years, I, like you, have experienced pressures and disappointments that would have crushed me had I not been able to draw upon a source of wisdom and strength far greater than my own. He has never forgotten or forsaken me, and I have come to know for myself that Jesus is the Christ and that this is His Church. Votes: 5 Sheri L. Dew
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. Votes: 4 Scott Hamilton
Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. Votes: 3 John Shimkus
I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength. Votes: 3 Little Richard
Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored. Votes: 4 Oscar Wilde
Men and women have strengths that complement each other. Votes: 2 Edwin Louis Cole