749 quotes
It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.
Joseph Conrad
Novelist · Polish · 1857 – 1924
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher · German · 1844 – 1900
The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.
James Cash Penney
Businessman · American · 1875 – 1971
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
Josephus Daniels
Politician · American · 1862 – 1948
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
Novelist · Scottish · 1771 – 1832
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Pythagoras
Mathematician · Greek
The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.
Richard J. Daley
Politician · American · 1902 – 1976
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poet · American · 1803 – 1882
Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.
Charles Dudley Warner
Journalist · American · 1829 – 1900
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.
Jacques Maritain
Philosopher · French · 1882 – 1973
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.
Cesar Chavez
Activist · American · 1927 – 1993
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Vincent Van Gogh
Artist · Dutch · 1853 – 1890
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President · American · 1882 – 1945
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.
Jean Paul
Author · German · 1763 – 1825
The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.
Chen Shui-bian
Statesman · b. 1951
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.
Mark Shields
Journalist · American · b. 1937
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Oscar Wilde
Dramatist · Irish · 1854 – 1900
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Oliver Goldsmith
Poet · Irish · 1730 – 1774
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
Booker T. Washington
Educator · American · 1856 – 1915
America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation.
Bill Frist
Politician · American · b. 1952
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Jean de La Fontaine
Poet · French · 1621 – 1695
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
Peter Drucker
Businessman · American · 1909 – 2005
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
Richard Bach
Novelist · American · b. 1936
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Victor Hugo
Author · French · 1802 – 1885
Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.
Gerhard Schroder
Statesman · German · b. 1944
I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.
Robert Browning
Poet · English · 1812 – 1889
Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber.
Moshe Sharett
Statesman · Israeli · 1894 – 1965
God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
Walter Annenberg
Businessman · American · 1908 – 2002
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
Laurence Sterne
Novelist · Irish · 1713 – 1768
Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
Jesse Jackson
Activist · American · b. 1941
The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.
William Jennings Bryan
Lawyer · American · 1860 – 1925
Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
William Shenstone
Poet · English · 1714 – 1763
Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.
Lawrence G. Lovasik
Clergyman
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
Thomas Carlyle
Philosopher · Scottish · 1795 – 1881
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
Hesiod
Poet · Greek
I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.
Ruth Benedict
Scientist · American · 1887 – 1948
The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
Augustus Hare
Writer · English · 1834 – 1903
As a world view, Darwinism cannot of course be refuted, since Faith is, always has been, and always will be, stronger than facts.
Francis Parker Yockey
Writer · American · 1917 – 1960
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
Statesman · Indian · 1917 – 1984
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
Lillian Hellman
Dramatist · American · 1907 – 1984
And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger.
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Diplomat · American · 1926 – 2006
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
James Allen
Author · British
The threat of terrorism is not stronger than the will of the American people.
Chaka Fattah
Politician · American · b. 1956
My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet · English · 1809 – 1892
Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?
Ivan Turgenev
Novelist · Russian · 1818 – 1883
But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.
Marvin Olasky
Educator · American · b. 1950
The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
Lyndon B. Johnson
President · American · 1908 – 1973