Best 159 quotes in «being strong quotes» category

We grow in part by confessing our faults and weaknesses to each other (James 5:16; Eccl. 4:10). If we are always being strong and without needs, we are not growing, and we are setting ourselves up for a very dangerous fall.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

A leader, once convinced that a particular course of action is the right one, must....be undaunted when the going gets tough.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

A person may look strong on the outside, but may need another's emotional support.

Being an #‎ entrepreneur is not a get-rich scheme; it takes #‎ strength of character to keep going.

A woman is a warrior too. But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way. Sometime before the sorrows of life did their best to kill it in us, most young women wanted to be a part of something grand, something important.

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

Be strong, believe in who you are; be strong, believe in what you feel.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

But just because you’re strong and resilient doesn’t mean you never need someone to be there for you, to take care of you.

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.

Flexibility makes buildings to be stronger, imagine what it can do to your soul.

Every time I fail I assume I will be a stronger person for it.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

From caring comes courage.

For strength to bear is found in duty alone, and he is blest indeed who learns to make the joy of others cure his own heartache.

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

God does not take away trials or carry us over them, but strengthens us through them.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

Happy girls are the prettiest girls.

He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

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 do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.

I do not attach much importance to America's bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.

In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong.

If there is any responsibility in the cycle of life it must be that one generation owes to the next that strength by which it can come to face ultimate concerns in its own way.

In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost; contracted all, retiring to the breast; but strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

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.

In our community, we have a duty to strengthen the weakest among us to build a better society.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.