Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty deeds we make them come true.
I’m as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.
It’s not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.
We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.
Personally I have never been able to understand why the head of a big business, whether it be the Nation, the State or the Army, or Navy should not desire to have very strong and positive people under him.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
We observe with confidence that the truly strong mind, view it as intellect or morality, or under any other aspect, is nowise the mind acquainted with its strength; that here the sign of health is unconsciousness.
If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.
A strong body makes the mind strong.
A man’s moral sense must be unusually strong if slavery does not make him a thief.
Not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise, and the weather shall be little regarded. If the body is feeble, the mind will not be strong.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.
The general desire of men to live by their heads rather than their hands, and the strong allurements of great cities to those who have any turn for dissipation, threaten to make them here, as in Europe, the sinks of voluntary misery.
The sickly, weakly, timid man fears the people, and is a Tory by nature. The healthy, strong and bold cherishes them, and is formed a Whig by nature.
When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them... the weak will become prey to the strong.