The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

I don’t regard myself as a cracking good climber. I’m just strong in the back. I have a lot of enthusiasm, and I’m good on ice.

The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

A good indignation brings out all one’s powers.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to ‚believe in God‘ and ‚don’t give up‘ to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can’t call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

Total war is no longer war waged by all members of one national community against all those of another. It is total… because it may well involve the whole world.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

God’s first line of defense – and offense – for every situation is prayer.

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.

Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.

To Sun-tzu and the ancient Chinese, doing something extraordinary had little effect without a setup of something ordinary. You had to mix the two – to fix your opponent’s expectations with some banal, ordinary maneuver, a comfortable pattern that they would then expect you to follow.

The United States is afraid of China; it is not a military threat to anyone and is the least aggressive of all the major military powers.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

I will not be triumphed over.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

I defy gravity.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.

Bobby Knight told me this: ‚There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.‘ In other words a good offense wins.