Quotes

Elbert Hubbard photo

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

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Swami Vivekananda photo

“The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength. Teach men of strength that is already within them.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

Call to the Nation

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Woody Allen photo

“A deranged person is supposed to have the strength of ten men.
I have the strength of one small boy… with polio.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Martin Amis photo

“Money doesn’t mind if we say it’s evil, it goes from strength to strength. It’s a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.”

Novelists in Interview (1985) edited by John Haffenden
Source: Money

Aron Ra photo

“Your greatest strength, Ray, and possibly your only strength, is in pretending that you don't understand simple things.”

Aron Ra (1962) Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men Podcast

Radio Paul's Radio Rants (September 17th, 2012)

Donald J. Trump photo

“When almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

interview with ' ( Bury Trump in a Landslide http://interactive.nydailynews.com/2016/10/daily-news-editorial-bury-trump-in-landslide/, published October 20, 2016)
1990s

Joseph Joubert photo

“Wisdom is the strength of the weak.”

Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
António de Oliveira Salazar photo

“To Angola, quickly and with strength!”

António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970) Prime Minister of Portugal

On April 13, 1961, quoted in Salazar: biographical study - page 154; of Franco Nogueira - Published by Atlantis Publishing, 1977

Aesop photo

“Union gives strength.”

The Bundle of Sticks.
Source: Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (2021) cited in " Bulgarian cosmonaut urges international cooperation for Mars, Moon missions https://www.reuters.com/article/bulgaria-cosmonauts-idUSL8N21T1Z6" on Reuters, 11 April 2019.

Irving Kristol photo

“It requires strength of character to act upon one's ideas; it requires no less strength of character to resist being seduced by them.”

Irving Kristol (1920–2009) American columnist, journalist, and writer

New Leader, April 1, 1963.
1960s

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Rosa Parks photo

“God has always given me the strength to say what is right… I had the strength of God and my ancestors with me.”

Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist

Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)

Stephen R. Covey photo

“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey photo

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”

Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012) American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker
Hiro Mashima photo

“Being alive is sign of strength!”

Hiro Mashima (1977) Japanese manga artist

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