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Quotes About Strong

We have here the fundamental problem of ethics, the crux of the theory of moral conduct. What is justice? -shall we seek righteousness, or shall we seek power? -is it better to be good, or to be strong?
~ Will Durant
but now and then liberty, in the slogans of the strong, means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.
~ Will Durant
Pessimism is a sign of decay, optimism is a sign of superficiality; tragic optimism is the mood of the strong man who seeks intensity and extent of experience, even at the cost of woe, and is delighted to find that strife is the law of life.
~ Will Durant
All strong characters and peoples are race conscious and are instinctively averse to marriage outside their own racial group.
~ Will Durant
Volunteering's an early and strong indication that you're not suited," he said.
~ China Mieville
Tea is the tast of my land:it is bitter and warm,strong,and sharp with memory.It tastes of longing.It tastes of the distance between where you are and where you come from.Also it vanishes-the taste of it vanishes from your tongue while your lips are still hot from the cup.It disappears,like plantations stretching up into the mist.I have heard that your country drinks more tea than any other.How sad that must make you-like children who long for absent mothers.I am sorry.
~ Chris Cleave
Fit as a butcher's dog.
~ Christina Baker Kline
Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Lang's feeble imagination.
~ Henry Miller
Build me straight, O worthy Master!Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Auschwitz speaks against even a right to self-determination that is enjoyed by all other peoples because one of the preconditions for the horror, besides other, older urges, was a strong and united Germany.
~ Gunter Grass
When, who, and what things happen to becomes meaningful, then what happens starts to matter, and play can evoke strong emotions, fierce and ongoing urges to succeed, and a desire to leave a mark, drive meaningful change, or build lasting institutions.
~ Ed Greenwood
I want to be helpful to the charities I support. I think you can dilute it, the more you do. You have to be a bit strong about what you do... otherwise, you risk spreading yourself a bit thin, and you can be less useful.
~ Olivia Colman
A donkey is a very useful beast of burden.
~ Lawrence Wright
There was a lot of dialogue between the people who were developing Flickr and their users to get feedback on how they wanted Flickr to develop. That interaction made the initial community very strong, and then that seed was there for new people who joined to make the community experience strong for them, too.
~ Stewart Butterfield
I have no problem with commenters stating strong opinions, except for my usual annoyance with people who don't agree with me.
~ Scott Westerfeld
'MSKS' is a commercial film with all the usual formula. But, as with my earlier films, there will be a strong social message.
~ Raghava Lawrence
Utah's economy stays strong by adhering to conservative fundamental principles: low and consistent tax rates, smaller and more efficient government, sensible regulation, and empowering the private sector to create jobs.
~ Gary Herbert
Upbuilding is necessary for the uplifting of our soul... Indonesia must be a strong country packed with factories. This is our utopia.
~ Sukarno
I'm confident that Senate Republicans will put up a very strong and valiant effort to continue doing what we're united around.
~ Tom Graves
Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
~ Bob Iger
CNN found that Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman in America. Women admire her because she's strong and successful. Men admire her because she allows her husband to cheat and get away with it.
~ Jay Leno
You West Virginia girls are one tough breed, he said. You got that right, I told him.
~ Jeannette Walls
But as you folks know, us mountain gals can be tough. We don't need ourselves any parasols or scented hankies. We can work a plow, milk a cow, shoot a buck, and slaughter a hog as well as any man.
~ Jeannette Walls
There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work.
~ Chaim Potok