Quotes About Strength

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us; if we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll welcome us.

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. And with it, everything honorable and glorious.

It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.

If we must perish in the fight, Oh! let us die like men.

American power made it possible for Europeans to believe that power was no longer important." -Robert Kagan

Men are actually the weaker sex.

Live above the world, and underneath you shall be God's Everlasting Arms.

Nothing is more necessary or stronger in us than rebellion.

Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

All the beatings she had suffered had not subjugated her, only taught her prudence and a calm and sly scorn for men's anger.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

I have neither one nor the other, and that has been going on for so long now that I have stopped wondering whether it is hate or love which gives us the strength to continue this life of lies, which provides the formidable energy that allows us to go on suffering, and hoping.

Does it not sometimes happen in life that our actions are solely for an enemy, so as to stand up to him, to confound him, to humiliate him by a finer effort or a more difficult victory? Without him we might perhaps give up. Having an enemy stimulates us, gives us strength. In him we hope to defeat the universe and the malevolence of fate.

The man did not attempt to deny it: 'Yes! It's the fault of this town.' The woman, pale and mournful, agreed: 'It's not our fault. Death is stronger than Love here.' ("The Dead Town")

He was a big, bony man. Iron muscles shaped his jacket sleeves and quickly wore through new trousers. He had a way of imposing himself just by standing there.

I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill dragons!

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.