Quotes About Strength

It gives me great strength to know that half the people I meet are below average.

When virtue has slept, she will get up more refreshed.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner but more durable metal.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger, Out where the smile dwells a little longer, That's where the West begins.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Wickedness is weakness.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The will is the strong blind man who carries on his shoulders the lame man who can see.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we are going to show.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

Those who live are those who fight.

Victory - a matter of staying power.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, But words can never harm me.

Words are feminine; deeds are masculine.

Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill.

My whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong. But I shall not have the strength to carry out this resolution alone unless you join in it with me.

We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.