If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.
I think the beauty of Catholicism is its consistency through both successes and difficulties. I’ve counted on my faith to give me strength through both training and competition – but also in school, with my family and everyday life.
I’ve always found poverty a source of strength.
We know, from our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, our friends, that our strength comes – female strength – comes in all kinds of forms.
It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.
I can’t distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around in my head, to the extent that I need all my strength to wrest myself from them.
We use our shoulder muscles to accomplish practically every pulling, pushing, and hoisting task we do (they really do carry the weight of the world!), so they’re a great place to start building strength.
Freedom and order are not incompatible… truth is strength… free discussion is the very life of truth.
I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.
Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.
We set ourselves limits, but we are all strong enough to aim higher, to achieve our goals. All we have to do is find such strength within ourselves. Know how to develop it.
My father has been a constant source of love and strength in my life.
See, I hold myself through my own muscle strength. That is why I’m built like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I think our strength is this strong relationship we have all together.
I think if you go to ‘Strength of the World,’ a song like that, the chorus isn’t that great, but you go into the bridge and other things and the catchier parts and the better melodies we were really focused on.
All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it’s given me a lot of strength.
As much as we pump iron and we run to build our strength up, we need to build our mental strength up… so we can focus… so we can be in concert with one another.
The Israeli public’s willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
I am never going to be much of a physical presence. For me, it’s more about taking my strength and finding a way to use it as an advantage.
I was introduced to the church through my parents but I had to struggle and find it on my own. In the end I learned much of my faith and found much of my strength through watching my father’s and mother’s journeys.
I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.
When the characters are believable and endearing, action scenes, for example, make an impact. Otherwise, the audience gets no kick out of action. The biggest strength of ‘MCA’ is that its characters are real.
A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.
