Quotes

Vince Lombardi photo
Eckhart Tolle photo

“The ego doesn’t like to hear this, because if it cannot be reactive and righteous anymore, it will lose strength.”

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Source: Stillness Speaks (2003), Ch 8

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj photo

“No dictatorship can stay (in power) for good... People's aspirations for a free life will be the everlasting strength.”

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj (1963) Mongolian politician

Source: "Mongolian president signals intention to help resolve N.K. nuclear standoff" in Yonhap News Agency https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20160716002400315 (16 July 2016)

Daniel Salamanca photo
Seneca the Younger photo

“He knows his own strength; he knows that he was born to carry burdens.”

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXI: On the supreme good

Tony Blair photo

“The spirit of our age is one in which the prejudices of the past are put behind us, where our diversity is our strength. It is this which is under attack. Moderates are not moderate through weakness but through strength. Now is the time to show it in defence of our common values.”

Tony Blair (1953) former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

" Prime Minister Blair's speech http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/16/international/europe/17text-blair.html?ex=1174104000&en=fc0f4a2452f34103&ei=5070", New York Times, 16 July 2005.
Speech to the Labour Party National Policy Forum.
2000s

Larry Hogan photo
Lisa See photo
Robert E. Lee photo
Claude Monet photo
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar photo
Gene Roddenberry photo

“The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.”

Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991) American television screenwriter and producer

Shown at the end of the episode "Scorched Earth", no. 14 in the 3rd season of Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, first aired on February 7, 2000.

Stephen R. Covey photo
Markus Zusak photo
Ani DiFranco photo

“I know there is strength in the differences between us,
And I know there is comfort where we overlap.”

Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist

Overlap
Song lyrics

Rachel Carson photo

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”

Rachel Carson (1907–1964) American marine biologist and conservationist

Source: The Sense of Wonder (1965)
Context: Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives, their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment and to renewed excitement in living. Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.

Drew Barrymore photo

“Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.”

Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer

Variant: In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.