Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

strength

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

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

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

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

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

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

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

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

Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

People do not lack strength they lack will.

The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

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

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

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

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

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

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

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

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

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.

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

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.

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

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

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

Insincerity is always weakness sincerity even in error is strength.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

Strength lies not in defence but in attack.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

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

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

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.

We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God.

Wealth brings strength, strength confidence.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

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

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

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

I have the strength to endure it all.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power.

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

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

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

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

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

The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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

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

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

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

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

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

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

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

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

It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.

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

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

Religion brings to man an inner strength, spiritual light, and ineffable peace.

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.

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

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

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

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

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

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

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts not amid joy.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

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

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

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

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

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

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

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

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

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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

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

Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

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

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

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

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

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

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

With a houseful of kids you give each other strength.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

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

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

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

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

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

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

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

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

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

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

The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

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

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