I have ever been the queerest mixture of weakness and strength, and have paid heavily for the weakness.
It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.
I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore beha...
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.
I don't want to knock photography, and I don't feel that film is up there but photography isn't. I think they're next to each other really, you know. There's an incredible strength to a still picture. Or there can be an incredible strength to a still...
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.
Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
Jay Z is building a range of businesses just on the strength of his brand. Lady Gaga has formed really interesting partnerships. Justin Bieber and his manager Scooter Braun are investing in a number of different companies and also promoting them in m...
I spend around two and half hours on the track every day running and another 2 hours in the weight room lifting weights with my strength coach.
Most people don't think about plyometrics when they think about powerful strength. But I do lots of them to build mine.
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
Strength lies not in defence but in attack.
The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't.
The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
When you have a fresh point of view that comes from the right side of the heart, it's just so valuable. You can take it or not take it, but just that perspective can give you a lot of strength or make you reflect on a lot of things.
The element of fire to me is very powerful because of what it symbolizes, how it symbolizes a strength. It symbolizes something that's unstoppable. You can't get through it, you know.
And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
I think everybody faces challenges in their lives. I've definitely been through it - not to the extreme that Astrid did. I try to keep some kind of identity and strength.
Just like you need to strengthen your core physically with exercise, you also need to strength your core spiritually.
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.
