Quotes about Strength

There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.

When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

You dear women, I say thanks to you. Thank you for being the kind of people you are and doing the things you do.

I'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.

We must always deal from strength and insist on verification of every agreement. In my meetings with the General Secretary I repeated several times a Russian proverb—"doveryai no proveryai"—"trust but verify."

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

As a heterosexual ballet dancer, you develop a thick skin.

Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.