strong quotes

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character. ”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. ”

— Sophocles

“Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.”

— Victor Hugo

“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.”

— Victor Hugo

“The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.”

— Victor Hugo

“ The argument of the strongest is always the best. ”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“The strongest passion is fear.”

— Jean de La Fontaine

“My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience.”

— Dennis Quaid

“I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.”

— Robert Rodriguez

“Don’t get impatient when it takes too long, and drink it all even when it tastes too strong.”

— Drake

“I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve. ”

— George Washington Bush

“My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs. ”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.”

— Edgar Allan Poe

“It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.”

— Helen Keller

“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.”

— William James

“Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.”

— William James

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“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

“Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.”

— Douglas MacArthur

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

— Barack Obama

“On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.”

— Barack Obama

“So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.”

— Barack Obama