Look well into thyself there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
– Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.
Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible.
– Thomas a Kempis
More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.
– Amy Grant
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substnace of all false religion in the world.
– John Owen
My strength is my weakness and weakness is my strength
– Ray Mancini
No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.
– Richard Nixon
Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.
– Homer
Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.
– Homer, The Odyssey
Nothing is so powerful as gentleness nothing is so gentle as true strength.
– Saint Francis de Sales
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
– Ralph W. Sockman
Numbers are essential, but not absolutely essential to strength. For many churches are numerically strong but lamentably weak spiritually. Numbers, then, are no display of spiritual power or strength.
– W. T. Ussery
Old age is not a disease- it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
– Samuel Johnson
On the touchstone of misfortune a man discovers the strength of understanding and of spirit in kinsmen, wife, servants, and himself.
– The Hitopadesa
Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It's something we call heart power. Once a man has made his commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.
– Vince Lombardi
Once I had the strength but no wisdom now I have the wisdom but no strength.
– Persian Proverb
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
– Albert Schweitzer
Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it a charm.
– Jean Paul Richter
Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.
– Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.
– Jimmy Carter
Our government sprang from and was made for the people -- not the people for the government. To them it owes an allegiance from them it must derive its courage, strength, and wisdom.
– Andrew Johnson
Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.
– President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 pp548-549
Our strength often increases in proportion to the obstacles imposed upon it.
– Paul De Rapin
