701 private quotes tagged strength

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

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“Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.” — James M. Barrie

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

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“A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.” — Walter Martin

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“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.” — Leon Trotsky

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“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.” — Ani DiFranco

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“The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience.” — Augustus Hare

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“Our passion is our strength.” — Billie Joe Armstrong

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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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“Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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 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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“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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“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” — Barbara Kingsolver

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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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“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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“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

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“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.” — Marquis de Sade

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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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“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.” — Oliver Goldsmith

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

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“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.” — Cesar Chavez

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“Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.” — Billy Corgan

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“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.” — Alexis Arguello

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“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.” — Christian Lous Lange

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