701 private quotes tagged strength

“I believe my past is my strength.” — Michel Martelly

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“My husband Rhashan reminds me of my father because he's got great strength of character.” — Olivia Williams

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“God is stronger than their strength, more loving than their uttermost love, and in so far as they have loved and sacrificed themselves for others, they have obtained the infallible proof, that God too lives and loves and gives Himself away.” — George A. Smith

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“I was captain and should have set the example. I would lift a minimum of weights. Mine was natural physical strength. I always thought quickness and agility were much more important.” — Merlin Olsen

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“I like form and shape and strength in pictures.” — Herb Ritts

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“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.” — Steven Yeun

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“I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.” — Bainbridge Colby

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“We should believe in the strength and vitality of the values which constitute the E.U. and which neighbouring states can believe in and aspire to join.” — Donald Tusk

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“Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.” — David Crystal

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“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

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“I had the strength and the finesse there and put it all together.” — Elvis Stojko

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“When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from.” — Elvis Stojko

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“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

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“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.” — John Shimkus

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“God gave me the strength to see, and breathe, and talk.” — Leon Spinks

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“It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points - Richmond and Atlanta - the enemy's main strength is concentrated.” — Knute Nelson

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“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.” — Lance Reddick

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“It's a wonderful side effect of what we're doing, to give someone the strength to come out of the closet to their family, or simply present themselves aesthetically in a way they feel happy with, whether or not their friends are going to be allowed to like them anymore.” — Davey Havok

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“I also work out because I have scoliosis. I have to maintain certain strength in my core.” — Joan Smalls

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“My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.” — Benjamin Bratt

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“To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.” — Philip Kaufman

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“I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.” — Ruth Benedict

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“You get elected, often, if you're a woman, on the strength of the women's vote then you get into office, and you have to adapt to an overwhelmingly male environment.” — Eleanor Clift

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“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

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“Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor.” — John Bates Clark

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