Quotes about strong
strong plato lying
Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike oak-trees to the centre, round which all arrange themselves the best they can. But the old statesman knows that society is fluid; there are no such roots and centres; but any particle may suddenly become the centre of the movement, and compel the system to gyrate round it, as every man of strong will, like Pisistratus, or Cromwell, does for a time, and every man of truth, like Plato, or Paul, does forever. Ralph Waldo Emerson
strong selfish work
At present, man applies to nature but half his force. He works on the world with his understanding alone. He lives in it, and masters it by a penny-wisdom; and he that works most in it, is but a half-man, and whilst his arms are strong and his digestion good, his mind is imbruted, and he is a selfish savage.
strong heart men
An individual man is a fruit which it cost all the foregoing ages to form and ripen. He is strong, not to do, but to live; not in his arms, but in his heart; not as an agent, but as a fact.
strong children islands
England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.
strong men divinity
Only by the supernatural is a man strong--only by confiding in the divinity which stirs within us. Nothing is so weak as an egotist--nothing is mightier than we, when we are vehicles of a truth before which the state and the individual are alike ephemeral.
strong sleep men
Not gold but only men can makeA people great and strong;Men who for truth and honors sakeStand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep,Who dare while others flyThey build a nations pillars deepAnd lift them to the sky.
strong eye men
There are men whose language is strong and defying enough, yet their eyes and their actions ask leave of other men to live.
strong power law
All power is of one kind, a sharing of the nature of the world. The mind that is parallel with the laws of nature will be in the current of events, and strong with their strength.
stronger good-nature
Good nature is stronger than tomahawks.
strong littles performers
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
strong men action
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
strong heart simple
And truly it demands something god like in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster. High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others!
strong believe opposites
When you get divorced, all the truths that come out, you sit there and go, 'What the f**k was I doing? What was I doing believing that this person was invested in this way?' Which is a fantastically strong humiliation in the best sense. It can make somebody very bitter and very hard and closed off, but I find it does the opposite to me. Sean Penn
strong america quality
Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses and that is where we come in. Scott Pelley
strong jobs character
I just want to keep laying down really great, strong characters, and the more I go unrecognized, the better job I feel I'm doing. Scoot McNairy
strong jobs support
When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job. Saxby Chambliss
strong childhood feelings
I always had this put-together family, and I always identified as the outsider. And that's a position where I feel most comfortable, and yet I feel an incredible longing to belong. That is really a strong feeling from my childhood - a desire to be part of a group. Lily King
strong people victory
What is important is not that you have a defeat but how you react to it. There is always the possibility to transform a defeat into something else, something new, something strong. All the good stories, all the people we remember are the ones who do this, who make victories out of their failures. Because the victories teach nothing. The victories are not useful. They are often dangerous. Lina Wertmuller
strong government chinese
Accidents have already become an important factor restricting the development of a harmonious economy and society, and have attracted the strong attention of the Chinese government and society
strong school years
I’ve been friends with all these people for so many years now…. I’m so lucky to have Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] and Woody [Harrelson] and all these other great people. We’ve created really strong bonds. It’s like high school because we’ll mess around for half the day and then we’ll do a little bit of work. Everyone’s goofing around and trying to mess each other up. Liam Hemsworth
strong worry may
Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation. Les Brown
strong want helping
Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong.
strong powerful past
If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present.
strong heart influence
Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart. He exerted a big influence on me. Lena Horne
strong differences ego
There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive. Lee Iacocca
strong past reality
Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted to changing realities
strong giving-up views
France on its own cannot impose its point of view. But neither should it give up on its demands. With a clear vote for change France will be in a strong position. Laurent Fabius
strong years want
I want to make an extremely strong appeal to those who abstained. Vote. It takes five minutes and then it's for five years.
strong self arrows
It made me strong.I took a step back, near my whole self in the mirror.I pushed back my shoulders and raised my chin, my back straight as an arrow. Laurie Halse Anderson
strong force-fields doors
I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring at her, trying to make her look at me. That happens in movies--people can feel it when oother people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Either Ivy has a great force field, or my lazer vision isn't very strong....
strong years sick
Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.
strong forever sacred
We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.
strong spring winter
Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.