You can’t build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you’re going to have a strong superstructure.
You can’t build a great building on a weak foundation.
Be strong-be strong in the discipline of self. How many otherwise good men squander their strength and dissipate their will and literally destroy their lives because they have not the power of self-discipline.
People who carry in their hearts a strong conviction concerning the living reality of the Almighty and their accountability to Him for what they do with their lives are far less likely to become enmeshed in problems that inevitably weaken society.
Our hope concerning the future is great, and our faith is strong. We know we’ve scarcely scratched the surface of that which will come to pass in the years that lie ahead.
Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.
May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.
The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake.
The two main ideas that run through all of my writing, whether it be literary criticism or political polemic are these: I am strong in favor of liberty and I hate fraud.
Strong and independent? I’m neither. I’m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.
Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.
When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them.
Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.
What wisdom, what warning can prevail against gladness? There is no law so strong that a little gladness may not transgress.
If rightly made, a boat would be a sort of amphibious animal, a creature of two elements, related by one half its structure to some swift and shapely fish, and by the other to some strong-winged and graceful bird.
Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.
Remorse is impotence; it will sin again. Only repentance is strong – it can end everything.
Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.