Indeed, we’re strongest when the face of America isn’t only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.
Colin PowellSome of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
Hermann HesseMy personal style is a mixture of, like, girly, throwback, like retro ’50s pin-ups, floral, like hippies, like anything feminine, and like flirty.
Ariana GrandeI am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander the GreatMarines don’t know how to spell the word ‚defeat‘.
Jim MattisWomen have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
Coco ChanelHe that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund BurkeGreat tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.
George W. BushAs we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Vincent Van GoghAdmiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.
Bertrand RussellWomen may fall when there’s no strength in men.
William ShakespeareI was always very curious as a young man about why older writers who I met seemed so indifferent to what was going on, whereas I, in my 20s, was reading everything. Everything seemed important. But they were only interested in the writers they admired when they were young, and I didn’t understand it then, but now, now I understand it.
Paul AusterThere are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation.
Alice WalkerSerious illness doesn’t bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.
Albert SchweitzerVulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
Brene BrownDuring my first years in the Sierra, I was ever calling on everybody within reach to admire them, but I found no one half warm enough until Emerson came. I had read his essays, and felt sure that of all men he would best interpret the sayings of these noble mountains and trees. Nor was my faith weakened when I met him in Yosemite.
John MuirWhat matters in the Sun-tzu universe are not positions of strength and power, but situations in which you have options, full of potential force.
Robert GreeneEven when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.
Barack ObamaBetter to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.
Joseph AddisonI seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. It’s like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. I’d like to play strong women who are also very feminine.
Angelina JolieI love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you.
Maya AngelouIt is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one’s belly, in order to be able to save one’s head.
Mahatma GandhiWhere is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI say this everywhere I go: I admire and respect Hillary. She has been a lawyer, a law professor, First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Secretary of State.
Michelle ObamaI want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.
Mr. TThe separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.
Lyndon B. JohnsonStrength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Napoleon HillI hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.
Thomas JeffersonThe resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.
George W. BushHe that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund BurkeThe power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
Winston ChurchillWe may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
Mahatma GandhiOnly strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.
Dwight D. EisenhowerSacrifice, discipline and prayer are essential. We gain strength through God’s word. We receive grace from the sacrament. And when we fumble due to sin – and it’s gonna happen – confession puts us back on the field.
Lou HoltzI’m so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.
Mr. TLive as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren’t characters I looked up to and identified with.
Angelina JolieThe American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.
Joe BidenOnly by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Brian TracyThere is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Charles DickensYou gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‚I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.‘
Eleanor RooseveltWhat I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.
Michelle ObamaMy mom, she was a very, very soft woman. It was hard for her to yell or even curse. But when it came to fighting for her kids, she found a strength she didn’t always know she had.
Angelina JolieClimbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamAny man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
Nelson MandelaMy husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.
Queen Elizabeth IIYou can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
Booker T. WashingtonTina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy. Marilyn Monroe, because she was a curvy woman. I’m drawn to things that have the same kind of silhouettes as what she wore because our bodies are similar.
Beyonce KnowlesI know why we’re strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it’s because there’s always been a growing middle class.
Joe BidenA chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
William JamesExceeds man’s might: that dwells with the gods above.
William ShakespeareAbove 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.
Ronald ReaganBeing deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao TzuI have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.
Jim MattisI have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.
Jimmy CarterI can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.
Richard M. NixonOut of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
Khalil GibranI do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.
Angelina JolieIf I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much.
Jimmy CarterI don’t believe in the school of hard knocks, although I’ve had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
Lana Del Rey