STRENGTH QUOTES II

quotations about strength

Strength quote

Why should man boast of his strength; is not the horse stronger than he?

CONFUCIUS

attributed, Day's Collacon

Tags: Confucius


My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.

ALFRED TENNYSON

Sir Galahad

Tags: Alfred Tennyson


Lord gimme strength tonight!
School boy barely seventeen
He's got to play it tough, he's got to play it mean
Locked and loaded on the street
He's got a trigger finger for anyone that he meets, oh oh
He's seen it on the T.V., the hero stands alone

TYKETTO

"Strength in Numbers"


With the strength of steel
I'll show you how I feel
All the weak will kneel
For the strength of steel

ANVIL

"Strength of Steel"


Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

J. M. BARRIE

Little Minister

Tags: J. M. Barrie


The weaker sex is often the stronger sex because of the weakness of the stronger sex for the weaker sex.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


Man is a singular compound of strength and weakness.

J. DE MILLE

attributed, Day's Collacon


Thou shalt not only fly, but also take others on thy wings; for thy strength is given thee wherewith to help the weak.

IVAN PANIN

Thoughts


Like strength is felt from hope, and from despair.

HOMER

The Iliad

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There are some that are bold and strong and incessant and energetic and hard, and to these is the world's glory; and some are timid and meek and impotent and cowardly and rejected and obscure.

WALTER BAGEHOT

Literary Studies

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My strength is that I have no weaknesses.

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA

"Shania Twain impressed by Raonic", Wimbledon, July 11, 2017


With the new day comes new strength.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945

Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt


Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength; it is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.

JONATHAN SWIFT

"Thoughts on Various Subjects", The Works of Jonathan Swift

Tags: Jonathan Swift


My strength fades away
Slowly with the setting sun

ZAO

"March"


If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.

BIBLE

Ecclesiastes 10:10


Strength, wanting judgment and policy to rule, overturneth itself.

HORACE

attributed, Day's Collacon

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Real strength never impairs beauty of harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.

HERMAN MELVILLE

Moby Dick

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Many a man's weakness is his fondness for showing off his strength.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


Strength, if not used to protect, is but weakness.

LEWIS F. KORNS

Thoughts

Tags: Lewis F. Korns


The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination.

MAYA ANGELOU

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Tags: Maya Angelou