Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity.

It is not the strongest or most intelligent who will survive, but those most adaptable to change.

Every great player has a unique mental strength.

As thy days, so shall thy strength be.

I’ve learned that being vulnerable is a strength.

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Strength is not nearly as important as desire. I don’t think you can teach anyone desire. I think it’s a gift. I don’t know why I have it, but I do.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

In times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.

Man’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

The strength of America is not in Washington.

It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

Hearken, my believing reader. What is the cause of your weakness? Is it not because the fountain of life is little used? Is it not because you are resting on old experiences, and not daily gathering new manna—daily drawing new strength from Christ?

The effective strength of sects is not to be ascertained merely by counting heads.

The same strength which has extended our power beyond a continent has also interwoven our destiny with the destiny of many peoples and brought us into a vast web of history in which other wills, running in oblique or contrasting directions to our own, inevitably hinder or contradict what we most fervently desire. We cannot simply have our way, not even when we believe our way to have the “happiness of mankind” as its promise.

O saving Victim, opening wide The gate of heaven to man below, Our foes press on from every side, Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow

A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic oppression.

Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.

He had sought to equip himself with the tools of artistry. On the other hand, he had not sacrificed strength. His conscious aim had been to increase his strength by avoiding excess of strength. Nor

In the day you rise in your strength, toothless and clawless, you will be as harmless as an army of clams.

Compared with White Fang, they were frail and flabby, and clutched life without any strength in their grip. White Fang had come straight from the Wild, where the weak perish early and shelter is vouchsafed to none. In neither his father nor his mother was there any weakness, nor in the generations before them.

With the last remnant of his strength.

Oh, I am not challenging your sincerity,” Ernest continued. “You are sincere. You preach what you believe. There lies your strength and your value – to the capitalist class.

I had been able to break the curse myself. I’d had to have reason enough, love enough to do it, to find the will and the strength.

There is a greater strength than wealth, and it is greater because it cannot be taken away. Our strength, the strength of the proletariat, is in our muscles, in our hands to cast ballots, in our fingers to pull triggers.

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible

Strength is an empty shell.

He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.”

When you have movies who help, who give belief and show strength, it’s good.

God gave me such great abilities, and sometimes that’s a strength and sometimes it’s not a strength. It’s just the way it is.

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.

The biggest strength of a woman is her emotional, mental and spiritual strength.

No matter how well I have taken care of my body, I have been injured a few times, which is very unfortunate and which is very disappointing. But each time, I have come back, I have come back stronger, and I have come back hungrier.

Strength is overcome by weakness/Joy is overcome by Pain/The night is overcome by Brightness/and Love-it remains the same

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance

Both sides had more confidence in their opponents’ weaknesses than their own strength.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow

Strength is the outcome of need.

Does the law exist for the purpose of furthering the ambitions of those who have sworn to uphold the law, or is it seriously to be considered as a moral, unifying force, the health and strength of a nation?

Under the new conditions of perfect comfort and security, that restless energy, that with us is strength, would become weakness.

Strength is the outcome of need security sets a premium on feebleness.

Humility is the surest sign of strength.

A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That’s the quickest way to be eliminated from my life – try that with me, and you’re out.

The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are relying on your own strength.

We must hold to a rigid accountability those public servants who show unfaithfulness to the interests of the nation or inability to rise to the high level of the new demands upon our strength and our resources.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think

Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

One man with courage is a majority.

Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.

Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withal. In such condition there is no place for industry… no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength.

I don’t need money, or, better, it’s not money that I need; it’s not even power; I need only what is obtained by power and simply cannot be obtained without power: the solitary and calm awareness of strength! That is the fullest definition of freedom, which the world so struggles over!

I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.

We all face darkness at some point, but it’s in those times that we discover our own strength and resilience.

Our scars tell a story of resilience and strength. Embrace your scars and wear them proudly.

Being vulnerable is not a weakness, it’s a sign of strength and authenticity.

Feelings aren’t an absence of strength. I know this for sure. So why should I pretend to have a sense of humor just to allow someone else to take a shot at me?

Feelings aren’t an absence of strength.

In a world that tries to reduce you to just one thing, remember you are a multifaceted individual capable of so much.

The hurt is not enough: I long for weight and strength. To feel the earth as rough to all my length.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

Our greatest strength is realized when we feel and acknowledge our weakness.

Dancing is imperatively needed to give poise to the nerves, schooling to the emotions, strength to the will, and to harmonize the feelings and the intellect with the body that supports them.

None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them.

A life in Christ is a life of restfulness. There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there should be an abiding peaceful trust. Your hope is not in yourself; it is in Christ. Your weakness is united to His strength, your ignorance to His wisdom, your frailty to His enduring might….Let the mind dwell upon His love, upon the beauty, the perfection of His character.

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts

We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the present time will you grow more surely toward the stars.

Lord, we claim your strength to serve you, no matter what our circumstances may be. Amen.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength. it does not enable us to escape evil. It makes us unfit to face evil when it comes. it is the interest you pay on trouble before it comes.

Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

Pray for the strength to walk the high road, which at times may be lonely but which will lead to peace and happiness and joy supernal.

Every good citizen adds to the strength of a nation.

I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can’t accept that it should originate there

Your concentration must come as easily as the breath. Fix yourself on one thing and try to hold onto it. All will come right. Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts. The dissipated mind is a sign of its weakness. By constant meditation it gains strength.

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Let me not look for allies in life’s battlefield, But to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved, But for the patience to win my freedom.

You gotta find that inner strength and just pull that s**t out of you. And get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall on your face and collapse.

Thanks cuz your hate is what gave me this strength.

The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.

By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else. Here, therefore, is the one area where weakness is a disqualification by itself rather than a limitation on performance capacity and strength.

The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Prince Philip is, I believe, well-known for declining compliments of any kind. But throughout he has been a constant strength and guide.

A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.

Love gives us the strength to perform impossible tasks.

Yesterday’s pain is the Warrior of the Light’s strength.

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.

You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You can build only on strengths.

A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength.

Tested faith brings experience. You would never have believed your own weakness had you not needed to pass through trials. And you would never have known God’s strength had His strength not been needed to carry you through.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways–either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.

When divine strength comes, human weakness is no more a hindrance.

The LORD says, “I will help thee.” Strength within is supplemented by help without. God can raise us up allies in our warfare if so it seems good in His sight; and even if He does not send us human assistance, He Himself will be at our side, and this is better still. “Our August Ally” is better than legions of mortal helpers.

Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strengths.

There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them.

The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent’s strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength; joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

America means opportunity. It started that way. The early settlers came to the new world for the opportunity to worship in keeping with their conscience, and to build a future on the strength of their own initiative and hard work… They discovered a new life with freedom to achieve their individual goals.

The more a man lays stress on false possessions, and the less sensitivity he has for what is essential, the less satisfying is his life. He feels limited because he has limited aims, and the result is envy and jealousy

Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.

I think, being emotional is this thing that people think you’re not strong. They don’t look at you as a strong person, and it’s weird ‘cuz honestly being emotional has nothing to do with your strength.

Part of the problem with America is that letting go of emotions is viewed as a weakness, but it’s my strength. That enabled me to write my songs.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, un-rhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

Yielding will overcome anything superior to itself; its strength is boundless

Have the strength to be an honest person.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do-then do it with all your strength.

You find strength in knowing that you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end

God gives us His strength by giving us His vision of things. Our seeing people as innocent is the only way to achieve God’s peace.

She encourages readers to take pride in their heritage and to use it as a source of strength and inspiration.

All the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations.

Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination

Because happiness alone is good for the body; whereas sorrow develops the strength of the mind.

What counts is art. painting, a kind of painting that is quite different from what everyone makes it out to be. But what kind? Will God or someone else give me the strength to breathe the breath of prayer and mourning into my paintings, the breath of prayer for redemption and resurrection?

The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It’s meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That power is self-faith. There’s really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

With strength and determination you can do anything you want in life, as long as you believe in yourself because if you don’t, no one else will.

Ah! the strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. […] Science can never grapple with the irrational

The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory.

A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Cultivate will power, that massive creative force that God the creator built into you. Do not let it remain flabby but strengthen it by use and exercise.

Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.

Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are determined to get on top of things and stay there.

Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.