Quotes on Strong

When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,_x000D_ _x000D_ Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,_x000D_ _x000D_ Strong and content I travel the open road.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

Stand up, be bold, be strong._x000D_ _x000D_ Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders,_x000D_ _x000D_ and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

In all I wish, how happy should I be,_x000D_ _x000D_ Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee?_x000D_ _x000D_ So weak thou art that fools thy power despise;_x000D_ _x000D_ And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise.

You say to me-wards your affection's strong;_x000D_ _x000D_ Pray love me little, so you love me long.

Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,_x000D_ _x000D_ Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,_x000D_ _x000D_ Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;_x000D_ _x000D_ But life, being weary of these worldly bars,_x000D_ _x000D_ Never lacks power to dismiss itself.

Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.

What wisdom, what warning can prevail against gladness? There is no law so strong that a little gladness may not transgress.

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

Our idea is that a state is strong when the people are politically conscious. It is strong when the people know everything, can form an opinion of everything, and do everything consciously.

Democracy does not create strong ties between people. But it does make living together easier.

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

It's just such a freeing thing to set these great challenges for yourself, to travel, to learn more about the world, to just go out there and get crazy and get free and get strong.

Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.

I hate you most because you attract, but are not strong enough to pull me to you.

I had a strong sudden instinct that I must be alone. I didn’t want to see any people at all. I had seen so many people all my life -- I was an average mixer, but more than average in a tendency to identify myself, my ideas, my destiny, with those of all classes that came in contact with. I was always saving or being saved -- in a single morning I would go through the emotions ascribable to Wellington at Waterloo. I lived in a world of inscrutable hostiles and inalienable friends and supporters.