Quotes
Quotes about Strength
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.
When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," said he, "it is not a good imitation of Johnson; it has all his pomp without his force; it has all the nodosities of the oak, without its strength; it has all the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration."
O thou who passest through our valleys in Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat That flames from their large nostrils! Thou, O Summer, Oft pitchest here thy golden tent, and oft Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld With joy thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.
We bodged again, as I have been a swan With bootless labor swim against the tide And spend her strength with overmatching waves.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness.
As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.
A child's hand in yoursâ what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to enhance their manliness. What passes for masculinity is being extracted and sold back to men. Literally in the case of Viagra.
There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.
FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]
In union there is strength.
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul, Is the best gift of Heaven: a happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great Nature's favourites: a wealth That ne'er encumbers, nor can be transferr'd.
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
