quotations about strength
Strength, wanting judgment and policy to rule, overturneth itself.
HORACE
attributed, Day's Collacon
Real strength never impairs beauty of harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.
HERMAN MELVILLE
Moby Dick
A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
VERONICA ROTH
Divergent
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination.
MAYA ANGELOU
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The greatest strength expires with loss of breath;
The mightiest in one minute stoop to death.
THOMAS DEKKER
Old Fortunatus
By relying on our own resources, we acquire mental strength; but when we lean on others for support, we are like an invalid who having accustomed himself to a crutch, finds it difficult to walk without one.
LADY BLESSINGTON
attributed, Day's Collacon
Strength is an empty shell.
JACK LONDON
The Iron Heel
Consciousness of our strength increases it.
LUC DE CLAPIERS, MARQUIS DE VAUVENARGUES
Reflections and Maxims
Ultimate strength is a measure of the load that breaks a specimen.
LARRY F. JEFFUS
Welding: Principles and Applications
A glass of water might be easy to pick up, but try holding it for five minutes. By this dynamic, the strongest people I know are the ones who have been able to sustain their burdens over a course of time.
JACKIE SUMMERS
"Power vs. Strength", The Good Men Project, July 11, 2017
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The American Bible
Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.
TIBETAN PROVERB
The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.
HOWARD THURMAN
The Luminous Darkness: A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress, January 9, 1958
Strength avails not a coward.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength--and strength alone.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
speech, July 3, 1951
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
MAHATMA GANDHI
Wit and Wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi
When a man goes in the fullness of his strength upon any enterprise, how do his blood and spirits triumph beforehand! No motion of hand or foot is without a sensible delight.
JOHN HOWE
"The Blessedness of the Righteous", The Works of John Howe
It was a relief to him. It always is, to find the edge of yourself. To know the exact limit of your strength. It's a relief because not knowing it is an exhausting full-time job.
GLEN DUNCAN
By Blood We Live