quotations about strength
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.
ELBERT HUBBARD
The American Bible
Strength, wanting judgment and policy to rule, overturneth itself.
HORACE
attributed, Day's Collacon
By relying on our own resources, we acquire mental strength; but when we lean on others for support, we are like an invalid who having accustomed himself to a crutch, finds it difficult to walk without one.
LADY BLESSINGTON
attributed, Day's Collacon
One test of strength is the ability to take defeat graciously.
LEWIS F. KORNS
Thoughts
The greatest strength expires with loss of breath;
The mightiest in one minute stoop to death.
THOMAS DEKKER
Old Fortunatus
A glass of water might be easy to pick up, but try holding it for five minutes. By this dynamic, the strongest people I know are the ones who have been able to sustain their burdens over a course of time.
JACKIE SUMMERS
"Power vs. Strength", The Good Men Project, July 11, 2017
A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.
VERONICA ROTH
Divergent
Strength, if not used to protect, is but weakness.
LEWIS F. KORNS
Thoughts
Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.
TIBETAN PROVERB
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress, January 9, 1958
The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.
HOWARD THURMAN
The Luminous Darkness: A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope
It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
MAHATMA GANDHI
Wit and Wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi
In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
If strength alone ruled, the elephant would be king of the world.
ELIZA COOK
Diamond Dust
The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength--and strength alone.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
speech, July 3, 1951
Strength avails not a coward.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS
attributed, Day's Collacon
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
STEVE MARABOLI
Life, the Truth, and Being Free
The strongest may have need of more strength.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
When a man goes in the fullness of his strength upon any enterprise, how do his blood and spirits triumph beforehand! No motion of hand or foot is without a sensible delight.
JOHN HOWE
"The Blessedness of the Righteous", The Works of John Howe
Where one has been saved by a true estimation of another's weakness, thousands have been destroyed by a false appreciation of their own strength.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan