Strong Quotes

There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
Rudy Giuliani

Great, Important, Through

He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
Louisa May Alcott

Great, Weak, Actions

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Martha Graham

Men, Fire, Adversity

I also get fed up with the fact that casting agents and directors have this impression of me as being frail and petite. I find it very patronizing. I'm quite beefy and strong. I was a gymnast in school and I have lots of muscles.
Helena Bonham Carter

School, Find, Fact

Give us that grand word 'woman' once again, and let's have done with 'lady'; one's a term full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen; and one's a word for lackeys.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Beautiful, Woman, Done

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.
T. D. Jakes

Others, Forgive, Learn

The last thing they want is a revitalized economy now. I'm not saying the Democrats don't want a strong economy. Don't misunderstand. They just don't want it now.
Rush Limbaugh

Saying, Last, Economy

However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums.
David Bowie

Through, Quite, Behind

It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.
Alice Miller

Simple, Someone, Person

I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.
Greta Garbo

Wish, Put, Wrong

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castenada

Work, Same, Miserable

I'll never feel comfortable taking a strong drink, and I'll never feel easy smoking a cigarette. I just don't think those things are right for me.
Elvis Presley

Smoking, Easy, Drink

Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.
Ismail Merchant

Die, Language, Roots

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.
Iain Duncan Smith

Life, Family, Positive

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
Dinesh D'Souza

Human, Matter, Temptation

I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
Dido Armstrong

Woman, Afraid, Honest

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
Cyril Connolly

Wisdom, Pain, Two

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them?
Anna Quindlen

Strength, Fear, Children

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
Bono

Real, Dream, Making

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Faith, Themselves, However

Being a strong woman is very important to me. But doing it all on my own is not.
Reba McEntire

Important, Woman

I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.
Paul Ryan

Good, Great, Power

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
Barbara Bush

Family, Around, Read

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong.
Barbara Bush

Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning.
Peter Singer

Human, May, Complex

You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself.
Jean Claude Van Damme

Morning, Training, Old

Our strong suit is what we do, and our audience.
Jerry Garcia

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?'
Tom Hiddleston

Life, Work, Father

Many of our soldiers are stationed at Camp Coyote just south of the Iraqi border. This is how you know we have a strong army, when you can actually tell your enemy exactly where your camp is and what its name is.
Jon Stewart

Enemy, Tell, Soldiers

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.
Edward Dahlberg

Friend, Weak, Foe

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