Top 1200 Power And Strength Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.

Defiance in itself is a sign of strength, and strength is a light side of human nature - when at all present, that is.

You must maintain strength of body in order to preserve strength of mind.

Remember, it is not your weakness that will get in the way of God's working through you, but your delusions of strength. His strength is made perfect in our weakness! Point to His strength by being willing to admit your weakness.

A deranged person is supposed to have the strength of ten men. I have the strength of one small boy... with polio.

Recognize that you are a spiritual being who is part of a large cosmic family of spiritual beings. You have the power, strength, and talent to fulfill your own individual earthly destiny.

There are hundreds of thousands of microbes surrounding us, but they cannot harm us unless we become weak, until the body is ready and predisposed to receive them. There may be a million microbes of misery floating about us. Never mind! They dare not approach us, they have no power to get a hold on us, until the mind is weakened. This is the great fact: strength is life. Weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal. Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.

'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.

It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

The history, the root, the strength of my father is the strength we now rest on.

Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.

The basis for all human relationships and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful source of positive energy and, once in place, unlocks a freedom and peace to explore.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

The strength of the nation ultimately depends upon the strength of family and community.

That's what Judith Herman is saying, and she's absolutely right. Power then breeds an intensification of all because the power can never be absolute power - to some extent it's stymied - but the isolation while in power becomes even more dangerous. Think of it as a vicious circle. The power intensifies these tendencies and the tendencies become more dangerous because of the power.

We cannot be a source for strength unless we nurture our own strength.

Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.

Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and artistic organization of Europe - has not in itself the power of survival. It came into being through Christianity, and without it has no significance or power to command allegiance ... It is no longer possible, as it was in the time of Gibbon, to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis on which it rests ... Christianity ... is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries.

The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.

The Lord gave us power in proportion to the work to be done, and strength according to the race set before us, and grace and help as our needs required.

We must achieve both security and solvency. In fact, the foundation of military strength is economic strength.

What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.

Everyone has their special strength. And my strength is to have the ball and start good things with it.

A strong defense is the surest way to peace. Strength makes detente attainable. Weakness invites war, as my generation - my generation - knows from four very bitter experiences. Just as America's will for peace is second to none, so will America's strength be second to none. We cannot rely on the forbearance of others to protect this Nation. The power and diversity of the Armed Forces, active Guard and Reserve, the resolve of our fellow citizens, the flexibility in our command to navigate international waters that remain troubled are all essential to our security.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers.

Strength grows from building other strength, not from trampling on weakness.

In innocence there is no strength against evil, said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. But there is strength in it for good.

Even when Krishna gives you strength, maya will delude you to think it is your strength.

When I look at a woman through my camera, I see her with complete admiration and appreciation of her beauty, strength, and power - and that's how I do my best to represent her.

You know God gives me that inner strength that super strength to get through things.

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.

Virtue is the strength and power of daughters of God. ... If all humanity really understood the importance of the statement ‘We are daughters of our Heavenly Father,’ how would women be regarded and treated?

It's that strength of the human spirit, the strength of what's deep down in you, that's really going to get you anywhere and everywhere.

The strength of the dollar has historically been tied to the strength of the U.S. economy and the faith that investors have in doing business in America.

We must know the power of the Blood if we are to know the power of God. Our knowing experimentally the power of the Word, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the power of prayer is dependent upon our knowing the power of the Blood of Christ.

A man's magic demonstrates what sort of person he is, what is held most deeply inside of him. There is no truer gauge of a man's character than the way in which he employs his strength, his power. I was not a murderer. I was not like Victor Sells. I was Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. I was a wizard. Wizards control their power. They don't let it control them. And wizards don't use magic to kill people. They use it to discover, to protect, to mend, to help. Not to destroy.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

So-Youn has good qualities in both jump and power, triple combination is her biggest strength and she also has great artistic value in her skating.

In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals - opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope.

The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.

Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals. Therefore, let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you.

The strength of the saviour is much more than the strength of the person who kills.

I've got a Kanji symbol on my shoulder; it's for my son and means 'strength and power.' I have my son and daughter's names, Dominik and Aalyah, written on the inside of the left and right biceps, too.

Strength of the mind is more powerful than strength of the muscles.

We in this country, in this generation, areby destiny rather than choicethe watchmen on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, good will toward men. That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Your strength is soft, indirect, delicate, tender, womanly. But it is strength just the same.

Athletes have the same rights everybody else does. If there is a strength in our democracy, it's that we are encouraged to exercise those rights and speak out and hold people in power in check.

It is definitely hard when you're going against the tide. Of course, it is tough. But does that mean you can't do it? No, it depends on your strength, stamina and ability to take so much power against you.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

Nations around the world look to us for the leadership not merely by strength of arms but by strength of our convictions.

It is difficult to stop in time because one gets carried away. But I have that strength; it is the only strength I have.

It takes a lot of strength to hold onto and care for the things we love, so why is it that god seems to have made humans unable to conjure up that degree of power and love?