749 quotes
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.
Carry Nation
Activist · American · 1846 – 1911
True strength is delicate.
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Sculptor · American · 1899 – 1988
America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced - and met - tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats.
Christopher Bond
Politician · American · b. 1939
God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as strong or twice that, it could not be strong enough to defeat us. We are confident that no one can harm us if God is with us.
Mohammed Omar
Clergyman · Afghani
My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength.
Antonio Gramsci
Politician · Italian · 1891 – 1937
The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people.
Lydia Sigourney
d. 1865
Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government, religion or manners.
James Kent
Judge · American · 1763 – 1847
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
Richard Rosen
It's just that if you're not disruptive everything seems to be repeated endlessly - not so much the good things but the bland things - the ordinary things - the weaker things get repeated- the stronger things get suppressed and held down and hidden.
Robert Adamson
Philosopher · Scottish · 1852 – 1902
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
Chris Bunch
Writer · American · 1943 – 2005
When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.
Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
Author · French · 1846 – 1870
It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing.
Andy Stern
Activist · American · b. 1950
Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of the unfettered speech the First Amendment protects.
Judge Dalzell
Routine physical punishment such as spanking teaches a toddler that might makes right and that it is fine to hit when one is stronger and can get away with it.
Alicia F. Lieberman
When we acknowledge a child's feelings, we do him a great service. We put him in touch with his inner reality. And once he's clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.
Adele Faber
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.
Ronald Blythe
A man must be strong in that profession, he must have vigor of body and mind, yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly.
Gregorio M. Sierra
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.
Giacomo Casanova
Celebrity · Italian · 1725 – 1798
It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.
Catherine Deneuve
Actress · French · b. 1943
To play in the men's tournaments I have to keep getting stronger and get more distance.
Michelle Wie
Athlete · American · b. 1989
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
Pat Riley
Coach · American · b. 1945
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.
Ani DiFranco
Musician · American · b. 1970
From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.
Vince McMahon
Entertainer · American · b. 1945
I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.
Judy Collins
Musician · American · b. 1939
At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.
Lee Greenwood
Musician · American · b. 1942
My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.
Katharine Hepburn
Actress · American · 1907 – 2003
I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.
Melissa Etheridge
Musician · American · b. 1961
Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength.
Sid Waddell
Entertainer · British · b. 1940
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.
Henry Rollins
The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.
Martina Hingis
Athlete · Czechoslovakian · b. 1980
Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.
Gregory Peck
Actor · American · 1916 – 2003
The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness.
Paul Harris
Entertainer
When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.
Joan Chen
Actress · Chinese · b. 1961
It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.
Whoopi Goldberg
Actress · American · b. 1949
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve
Actor · American · 1952 – 2004
I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength.
Shania Twain
Musician · Canadian · b. 1965
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor · Austrian · b. 1947
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
I think our strength is this strong relationship we have all together.
Guy Forget
Athlete · French · b. 1965
Generally, I end up being the one thrown against the wall, because Zach is the drummer. He's stronger than me.
Isaac Hanson
Musician · American · b. 1980
I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.
Donna Rice
Celebrity · American · b. 1958
The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.
Jack Nicklaus
Athlete · American · b. 1940
At a certain point, even if the one alpha male is dominant, at a certain point there's a younger lion that is stronger, and everyone knows it.
Josh Lucas
Actor · American · b. 1971
So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.
Jim Capaldi
Musician · British · 1944 – 2005
I have always drawn strength from being close to home.
Arthur Ashe
Athlete · American · 1943 – 1993
When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
Oprah Winfrey
Entertainer · American · b. 1954
I have never believed you make your case stronger by bad-mouthing your opposition.
Glenda Jackson
Actress · British · b. 1936