It is the weak man who urges compromise – never the strong man.
In a state of nature, the weakest go to the wall; in a state of over-refinement, both the weak and the strong go to the gutter.
Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.
Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion.
One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community could actually redeem the world.
I have a great belief in spiritual force, but I think we have to realize that spiritual force alone has to have material force with it so long as we live in a material world. The two together make a strong combination.
Choices will continually be necessary and – let us not forget – possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.
The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.
Our future may look fearfully intimidating, yet we can look up to the Engineer of the Universe, confident that nothing escapes His attention or slips out of the control of those strong hands.
Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!
A child’s kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.
But the child’s sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath!
In your patience ye are strong.
You have no idea how strong my love is!
From the most sacred ancient text of Yoga: Oh Krishna, the mind is restless, turbulent, strong, and unyielding. I consider it as difficult to subdue as the wind.
I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.
I think there’s a whole bunch of things that go along with being a girl. You’re not supposed to have opinions or be tough or strong. You’re supposed to be soft and vulnerable, and I find those qualities important in both men and women.
I think women are scared of feeling powerful and strong and brave sometimes.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.