The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful, although it is now the object of so much criticism. Many of Japan's brightest made it a pillar of strength and continuity.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.
There's a strength to being able to look at products through a customer's eyes, but it is also dangerous.
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.
I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself.
The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength.
What I really appreciated about Obama in the last campaign was that he was not reactive, and we're such a reactive culture... It takes a certain strength to be patient and have a plan.
I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality.
The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they're drenched in sweat.
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.
