“Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.”
Strength is not always loud. These quotes explore physical power, mental toughness, emotional resilience, and the quiet kind of strength that shows up as consistency when everything around you is falling apart.
“My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.”
“Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war.”
“True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.”
“We acquire the strength we have overcome.”
“The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”
“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”
“But my strength was in singing and songwriting, which was a new discovery for me when I was 18. And I decided if I pursued songwriting, which is what was closest to my heart, then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.”
“Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.”
“Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.”
“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”
“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.”
“May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.”
“Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don't really have that strength inside to fly.”
“Our passion is our strength.”