Quotes About Strength

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

Our democracy is as strong as we make it. Its founding principle is that we voice our opinions, and that we are willing to argue for what we believe in.

Nato has always acted according to a simple principle: it is not worth attacking somebody who is strong.

As the leader of the nation, I say in behalf of the Filipino people to the world: we are strong and principled believers in democracy.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.

As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I work, and I fight. Okay, this could be over a chess board, this could be in life, and so I defend my principles.

I was raised with moral principles that would not be shaken in hard times. And mentorship is huge - it's really important to be around people who have been where you've been, people you look up to and who will keep you strong.

You win the Mr. Olympia, you are the best in the world. There is no better than that. Some people will think back prior to the 1950s, where Mr. Universe was the top guy. They say, 'Are you Mr. Universe?' 'No, I'm Mr. Olympia, which is the best of all.'

I like a woman with priorities.

The purpose of the military is to close with and destroy the enemy on behalf of our national security priorities.

You must also give mental and physical fitness priority.

Wrestling will always be my top priority.

My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all.

I have done prison time for 13 years without any conviction.

Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily.

People always think about what prison is. What prison really is - it's not a physical challenge, it's mental.

I wrote, exercised, ate healthy, and responded to life in prison very well.

I had to grow up in prison for something I did not do.

Going away to prison was nothing, I'm just saying, compared to losing my mom.

It's a long story, my life, growing up with my dad, my mom when she died, everything. I had bad moments in my life, my dad going to prison, I had nothing, and that's where I got my motivation.

In my mind, there was never a thought that I wasn't going to find a way to get myself out of prison.

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

In so many places in the world, women have been prisoners for so long that they feel they have to scream about their rights. But when you scream, nobody listens to you. Real authority comes when you no longer need to scream - and that's something we women still need to learn.