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Quotes About Strength

Engineers could be fairly certain that when they scratched Midtown Manhattan's surface they would encounter an igneous rock called Manhattan schist, the rock whose strength made for Manhattan's greatness.6 The Empire State Building was lucky. They hit a solid stratum of rock at thirty-eight feet, and kept digging until they were at the forty-foot mark. By the first week in March 1930, an astonishing 28,529 truckloads of earth, rock, steel, and debris had been carted away.
~ John Tauranac
Güç, hiçbir zaman göründüÄŸü yerde deÄŸildir.
~ John Taylor Gatto
Once you have passed the solitude test," continued Solkin, "you have absolute confidence in yourself, and there is nothing that can break you afterward.
~ John Vaillant
no matter how tough you think you are, thought you were, you haven't been around long enough to be tested in many, many ways.
~ John Varley
They hit so hard they were both breathless for a moment. Cirocco embraced the smaller woman and lifted her off her feet.
~ John Varley
She wanted to sit down, she wanted to turn back. She was afraid, and did not dare give in it it.
~ John Varley
Your hand has reached into our souls and tried to take our dignity, and we remain unbowed. I challenge you to come forth and answer me!
~ John Varley
The hard, dark walls threw her song back until the black hub rang with her defiant music.
~ John Varley
Mighty as Gaea was, she had seen better days.
~ John Varley
She took a deep breath, straightened her shoulders, and began to sing.
~ John Varley
If you can't have me as my own woman, able to make my own decisions and take care of myself, you can't have me at all.
~ John Varley
Outwardly, she did not lack self-confidence. Only she knew how frightened and vulnerable she was beneath it all. It was her secret-one she kept so well that she fooled one of the NASA psychologists into giving her command of a ship.
~ John Varley
If she must face the fact that she was fearful, she would also face the fear and overcome it.
~ John Varley
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.
~ John W. Gardner
Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up.
~ John Wagner
There is no such thing as bravery; only degrees of fear.
~ John Wainwright
We've been a universal power for so long, I struggle to accept a reality where we are not. Humanity lost a lot more than a planet and a bunch of ships. We lost our standing, our reputation, our strength in the eyes of the others.
~ John Walker
Without acknowledging the potential of defeat, one could not adequately defy it.
~ John Walker
Si vis pacem, para bellum," Gray
~ John Walker
Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
~ John Wayne
Hey…Pilgrim, You're Gonna Need A Couple Of Stitches
~ John Wayne
Never apologize, it's a sign of weakness
~ John Wayne
Never say sorry - it's a sign of weakness
~ John Wayne
Well, don't fret about that, pilgrim
~ John Wayne