Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
George Sand

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
Baruch Spinoza

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
Samuel Johnson

Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.
Alain Badiou

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.
John W. Gardner

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.
Stokely Carmichael

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.
Giacomo Casanova

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.
Jesse Ventura

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.
Xun Zi

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.
Meir Kahane

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.
Garry Shandling

The strength of the Democratic Party of Cook County is not something that just happened.
Richard J. Daley

What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance of Hezbollah by using the American war against Iraq. But, of course, in this case, we will certainly fight with all our strength.
Hassan Nasrallah

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.
Henry Drummond

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.
Arthur Miller

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
Walter Annenberg