701 private quotes tagged strength

“You're blessed if you have the strength to work.” — Mahalia Jackson

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“Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less but that he who loves can only love with the whole heart, and with the whole soul with all his strength and with all his will.” — Max Muller

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“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

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“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

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“Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.” — Ho Chi Minh

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“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.” — Audre Lorde

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“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.” — Francois Rabelais

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“I'm an activist for gay marriage equality and children's rights. I'm the face of Share Our Strength.” — Sandra Lee

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“The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

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

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“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.” — Peter Drucker

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“I have always drawn strength from being close to home.” — Arthur Ashe

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“Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.” — Jonathan Swift

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“Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.” — Ovid

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“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.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

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“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

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

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“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

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“It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.” — J. C. Watts

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“My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.” — Katharine Hepburn

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“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.” — Bryant H. McGill

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“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.” — Stephen Covey

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“The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“We are born weak, we need strength helpless, we need aid foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.” — Bryan Cranston

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