Top 1200 Strong People Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

The consensus for a strong, independent Executive arose from the Framers' experience in the Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation. They had seen that the War had almost been lost and was a bumbling enterprise because of the lack of strong Executive leadership.

Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech.

I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.

It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can raise the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

I think you need a very strong mind to be on social media because people are mean and ignorant out there.

I get to experience so much in my life as I travel around, and it's just such a great way to get to share that with people. All these sites, like Twitter and Make It Pro, give me such a very strong way to interact with people. It's easy to let people be part of your life and to keep all of your friends and fans together.

But if the vision is strong enough, and your goals are steady, and you believe, pretty soon you bring other people with you.

With a strong foundation in scripted programming firmly established by 'Army Wives' and 'Drop Dead Diva,' Lifetime is aggressively expanding its drama series development plate with powerful programs from creative auspices who have strong pedigrees in producing stand-out programming.

If the coach on the sidelines is not that strong, transmitting the kind of spirit he has, players won't always handle it well. Life becomes difficult. But, with Mourinho, everything is good. He knows when to be among his players, as 'one of us' making jokes as a friend, and when to be strong and distant, even severe.

DO you know how people who have nothing delude themselves? You believe that there are things like truth and pity. There aren't such things. Do you still not know? Love or righteousness... strong people are the ones who can't protect those things.

I was surrounded by too many people who felt that they had a strong sense of entitlement. That I owed them something.

I think Britain's economy has done extremely well from having the influx of talented people from around the world and from having an influx of people from the rest of the European Union. It's both evidence of how strong the British economy was - that's what drew people in - but it's also part of what's making the British economy work.

I am proud to say how many people I employ. And the United States first, second and third generation Mexicans are just beyond reproach, spectacular, spectacular hardworking people. I have such great respect for them and their strong values of family, faith and community.

You become a superpower by being strong but also by being wise and by being farsighted. But no state is strong or wise enough to create a world order alone.

A strong work of art really leaves people speechless. They feel a little angry because they don't understand it.

Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.

I have a very strong tool in competitional enforcement: To do merger control, to look into cartels, misuse of dominant position - when member states hand out favors, for instance, in terms of tax breaks. But even though that's a strong tool, it cannot solve everything.

God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.

People working together in a strong community with a shared goal and a common purpose can make the impossible possible.

A good jockey has to be physically well balanced. They have to possess a strong upper body and a strong lower body. You've gotta have quick reflexes, and you've got to be incredibly coordinated. But it's you're instincts that have to be perfect. You can't be an exceptional rider without instincts.

Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.

I don't always do a lot of predicting, but, when I get a really strong feeling about something, I will tell people.

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

Today it is time for strong and courageous people because only they can achieve victory and rid the world of tyranny.

The worst thing that can happen for people who don't want women to be strong is that we help each other and become a force.

Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.

Mentally strong people overcome setbacks with confidence because adversity only makes them better.

People are scared to have a strong opinion because, with social media, almost everyone lives the life of a celebrity.

I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.

Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.

There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.

I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

Experimentally, we now have demonstrated that Einstein's theory is right in strong gravitational fields. That's important to a lot of people.

I am so proud to be running with another strong history-making woman, Hillary Clinton, to be president of the United States. I'm proud because her vision of stronger together, building an economy that works for all, not just those at the top, being safe in the world, not only with a strong military, but also strong alliances to battle terrorism and climate change, and also to build a community of respect, just like Barbara Johns tried to do 65 years ago. That's why I'm so proud to be her running mate.

You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't be yourself with them. Conversely, you can just be around a few people, but feel deeply connected to them.

We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.

It's the NFL, a lot of people are strong-minded. A lot of people work hard, play hard.

I'm one of the many people who has said that the Hillary Clinton we know in private was effective, strong, courageous, and funny. And the campaigner we saw was less so, more scripted. Many people have made that observation, and it was my observation, too, but I'm grateful for what she did.

My sun and my moon signs are mostly Cancer - it's really strong. We're deeply intuitive and sentimental. I really like to take care of people, nurturing them. I'm very passionate about the things I do and like to see people I love grow.

I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to watch.

Wherever people defend the rights of the individual, I stand with them above all, over and beyond any wishes relating to how an economy should be managed or how people should govern themselves. This is a very strong commitment on my part.

I've never lived through a moment in history where people are using their voices and becoming strong advocates for what they believe in.

I use every kind of emotion in my wrestling, so that's why people call me the 'King of Strong Style.'

One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.

I don't think there are many people up in research who have strong ideas about things that they haven't really had experience with.

If there's very strong civic unrest you can see a strong party of the Right emerging, whether it's UKIP [The UK Independence Party] or an even further-right party.

It was a great joy for me to develop a strong female character in the spirit of an Icelandic woman. Icelandic women tend to be very strong and very independent, and I think that came in very handy.

You don't know how to talk to people you don't like. Don't love, really. You can't live in the world with such strong likes and dislikes.

If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?

To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must be definite and specific, not in any sense vague or fuzzy. And to prove attainable, its image needs to be sharpened and resharpened continually, so that it stands out vividly in your thoughts. You must know, at all times, precisely and for certain what it is you want to accomplish and achieve. Strong and organized purposefulness toward a definite objective will focus your powers into a strong motivation in attainment of your goal.

[We're making materials] so light that you can make a car that two people can lift, but so strong that it has the crash-worthiness of an SUV.

Occasionally [Donald Trump] says things that are too strong and upsets people, and I think he'll work to do better on that.

For my part, in everything I do, I aim to strengthen democracy in Germany and beyond. The United States is also a strong democracy. As we are seeing in Poland, for example, and also in Hungary, it is important that we have counterweights in democratic systems, and I believe they are still strong in America.

...you don't need to be technically great, because if you have a strong philosophy people will be moved by your pictures regardless.

Our communities are strong because local leaders and active citizens listen and learn from the people they serve.

I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re-education camps for young people, where young people have to go and get trained in a philosophy that the government puts forward and then they have to go to work in some of these politically correct forums.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and it's so cliched. A weak male character is interesting: somebody else hasn't done it a hundred times. A strong female character is still interesting to me because it hasn't been done all that much, finding the balance of femininity and strength. [From a 1986 Fangoria interview]