Tina Turner is someone that I admire, because she made her strength feminine and sexy.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

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.

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.

My mom cleaned toilets for a long time, and she’d seen a lot of terrible things, but she was still the strength of our family. And there are women like that all across the country – all around the world – who show that type of fortitude.

That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don’t fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

There’s my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.

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.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

People in Latin America… love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

I’ve come to admire our military kids more than you all will know, because you guys are heroes. And the only way your parents are able to serve is because you guys hold it down, and you do it with maturity beyond your years.

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.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Let’s be very clear: Strong men – men who are truly role models – don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I’ve met with, and I’ve met them all: It’s never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I have all the admiration in the world for somebody like Bono, who really puts himself on the line and tries actively to do something about our world situation.

Experience acquired in the heroic battle against Batista’s tyranny showed that the enemy, no matter what his strength, could not defeat the Cuban people.

Women 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.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Demonstrate to the world, there is ‚No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy‘ than a U.S. Marine.

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

I 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.

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.

I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

I didn’t do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I’m in awe of her.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

In hip-hop, there’s not a lot of love. There’s not a lot of love being spread. It’s always like ‚I’m stuntin‘ on you raps, or I’m better than you raps.‘ It’s not a lot of ‚Yo man, I idolize you raps.‘

A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the church herself is feminine, the spouse of Christ and a mother.

When I see grace in a woman, that’s very sexy. You can tell by how someone moves or their rhythm.

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

I 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.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

As you read or listen to God’s Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

The relationship to one’s fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one’s striving.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

Like so many American families, our families weren’t asking for much. They didn’t begrudge anyone else’s success or care that others had much more than they did… in fact, they admired it.