Best 2623 quotes in «strength quotes» category

A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by men. Water is akin to Tao. . . . In all the earth nothing weaker than water, Yet in attacking the hard, nothing superior, Nothing so certain in wearing down strength: There is no way to resist it. Note then: The weak conquer the strong, The yielding outlast the aggressors.

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

A strong man never loses his head in defeat or despondency.

A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts from his deepest convictions.

A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will.

Be sure that God Ne'er dooms to waste the strength he deigns impart.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.

Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long.

Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.

Both classically- and romantically-minded spirits-inasmuch as these two species always exist-occupy themselves with a vision of the future: but the former do so out of a strength of their age, the latter out of its weakness.

Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.

A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.

Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Enough work to do, and strength enough to do the work.

Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

Find your own 'sweet spot'. Take your talents and enjoy them, share them, expand them.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength

Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

He turns all of his injuries into strengths, that which does not kill him makes him stronger, he is superman.

Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life.

I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice" or "legal" and "criminal," for, in the strength to set standards, resides the strength to maintain control.

I am aware of the talent I was gifted and had to execute against it. It is just being very self aware and betting on your best strength.

If we are together nothing is impossible. If we are divided all will fail.

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.

I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.

If you know your strength it never becomes a weakness. If the market knows your strength then it becomes a weakness.

I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go. I know it isn't popular to talk about it in some circles today. I'm not talking about emotional bosh when I talk about love, I'm talking about a strong, demanding love.

If you are to be leaders, teachers, and guides among your people, you must have strength. No people can be fed, no people can be built up on flowers.

I'm just going to let people watch whatever little movie they think our lives are and go for it.

If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; asbad and good.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.

In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.

In union there is strength.

I paint a tree - I think of how the roots go deep, deep into the earth. How the tree grows year by year toward the sky. How it stands with the winds.