“The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America.”
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“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.”
“He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.”
“Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.”
“Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.”
“That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.”
“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”
“It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.”
“From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.”
“Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness.”
“I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind.”
“Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts not amid joy.”
“Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.”
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
“You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'”
“America's strength is not our diversity our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.”
“God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.”
“To be loved is a strength. To love is a weakness.”
“The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.”
“Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark.”
“Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.”
“When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.”
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
“Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness and remember your strength.”