Tagged: Strength

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint. -Aime Cesaire

Our role in Israel is a pioneering one, and we need people with certain strength of fiber. -Moshe Sharett

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness. -Aisha Tyler

Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength. -Jay Alan Sekulow

When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there. -Everett Dirksen

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage. -Jean-Bertrand Aristide

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. -William Hazlitt

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures. -Jennifer Granholm

I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away. -Melissa Manchester

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful. -Madonna Ciccone

Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe. -Douglas Hurd

Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts, you know all of those kinds of things. But I really think that the strength of the Tea Party is being a grassroots movement. -John Boozman

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience. -Lech Walesa

I have always been an outstanding football player, I have always had uncanny abilities, great arm strength, an immense ability to play the game from a quarterback standpoint. The problem was that I wasn't given the liberty to do certain things when I was young. -Michael Vick

And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86. -Lisa Scottoline

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

We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it. -Alain Robert

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. -Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

My family is my strength and my weakness. -Aishwarya Rai

I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed. -Florence Griffith Joyner