Quotes about strong
strong humility thinking
I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong Walter Isaacson
strong past financial
We have issued financial instruments in the past, and there is a strong demand for them, it is simply unnecessary now. Vladimir Putin
strong military leader
It is a major world power, and today it is an economic and military leader - no doubt about it. That is why America has a strong influence on the situation in the world in general. Vladimir Putin
strong terrorism modern
Only a developed society, for example, only a strong democratic system in modern conditions can create a climate in which any manifestation of terrorism is unacceptable and can also make the state itself stronger. Vladimir Putin
strong military safety
Our task was not to conduct a full-fledged military operation there [in Crimea], but it was to ensure people's safety and security and a comfortable environment to express their will. We did that. But it would not have been possible without the Crimeans' own strong resolution. Vladimir Putin
strong book writing
the damned book I am writing is like the driveling of a weak-kneed sea calf. If I were sufficiently strong minded, I should tear it up an start again. But I don't. Winifred Holtby
strong legends defeat
no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend. Winifred Holtby
strong war honest-woman
I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of. Winston Churchill
strong independent government
When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order. Winston Churchill
strong war military
If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts. Winston Churchill
strong lunch alcohol
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast. Winston Churchill
strong history justice
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong. Winston Churchill
strong war army
This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline. Winston Churchill
strong roots curiosity
You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is almost obsessive. The English language is rich in strong and supple words. Take the time to root around and find the ones you want William Zinsser
strong glory abraham
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence. William Zinsser
strong ideas imagination
Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin. William Robertson Smith
strong motivation writing
I started to write in about 1950; I was thirty-five at the time; there didn't seem to be any strong motivation. I simply was endeavoring to put down in a more or less straightforward journalistic style something about my experiences with addiction and addicts. William S. Burroughs
strong couple
I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements to make. William S. Burroughs
strong men weak-man
Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw. William J. H. Boetcker
strong men libertarian
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending William J. H. Boetcker
strong-women adversity people
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. Virginia Woolf
strong writing successful
Sourav is a very positive captain. Whatever his personal form, whatever the media writes about him, he has always been strong, focused and aggressive. Perhaps these are the qualities that make him India's most successful captain. Virender Sehwag
strong-women tyrants differences
...to make the world safe for democracy. Woodrow Wilson
strong powerful military
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of Navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. Woodrow Wilson
strong equality justice
An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak. Woodrow Wilson
strong giving-up men
The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat. Woodrow Wilson
strong intuition instinct
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules. William Wordsworth
strong art fate
As generations come and go, Their arts, their customs, ebb and flow; Fate, fortune, sweep strong powers away, And feeble, of themselves, decay. William Wordsworth
strong morning essence
Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning - going down and finding out that everything I had said, the essence of what I had said, was wrong. William Scranton
strong children self
The wish to be super-strong is a healthy wish, a vital, compelling, power-producing desire. The more the Superman-Wonder Woman picture stories build up this inner compulsion by stimulating the child's natural longing to battle and overcome obstacles, particularly evil ones, the better chance your child has for self-advancement in the world. William Moulton Marston
strong america japan
The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear alone. America needs a strong and effective U.N. I want to work with this new Congress to pay our dues and our debts. We must continue to support security and stability in Europe and Asia - expanding NATO and defining its new missions, maintaining our alliance with Japan, with Korea, with our other Asian allies, and engaging China. William J. Clinton
strong moving believe
I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grounds are gravely mistaken about the values that make our nation strong. I will continue to move my administration in the direction of compassion, acceptance, and understanding. William J. Clinton
strong home opportunity
I want to build a bridge to the 21st century in which we create a strong and growing economy to preserve the legacy of opportunity for the next generation by balancing our budget in a way that protects our values and ensuring that every family will be able to own and protect the value of their most important asset, their home. William J. Clinton