Strongest Quotes - Page 19

• To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

  Mary Astell

  Running, Party, Glitter

  Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.79, Cambridge University Press

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• When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.

  Cyndi Lauper

  Feet, Want, Fabulous

  FaceBook post by Cyndi Lauper from Mar 03, 2014

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• It happens a little unluckily that the persons who have the most infinite contempt of money are the same that have the strongest appetite for the pleasures it procures.

  William Shenstone

  Money, Littles, Infinite

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• A republican government in a hundred points is weaker than an autocratic government; but in this one point it is the strongest that ever existed — it has educated a race of men that are men.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Inspirational, Education, Men

  "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit".

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• Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be called the weakest?

  Madame de Stael

  Character, May

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• The strongest logos tell simple stories.

  Sol Sender

  Simple, Design, Stories

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• At a priesthood meeting... the strongest language in regard to Plural Marriage was used that I ever heard, and among other things it was stated that all men in position who would not observe and fulfill that law should be removed from their places.

  Abraham H. Cannon

  Men, Law, Language

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• And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.

  Meister Eckhart

  Stress, Looks, Bears

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• I had a number of great teachers and the ones that really were the strongest influences on me were women. They were really, really smart and interesting women.

  Meryl Streep

  Teacher, Smart, Numbers

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I wasn't the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, and then I bought into something called work ethic.

  Ray Lewis

  Work Ethic, Ethics

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• Once the seed of faith takes root, it cannot be blown away, even by the strongest wind - Now that’s a blessing.

  Rumi

  Blessing, Wind, Roots

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• Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.

  Plato

  Wise, Honey, Herbs

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• I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace. With that strategy in place I can push myself for pleasure, not punishment. Maybe you can only really go when you let go.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Letting Go, Running, Gratitude

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• Curiosity is one of the strongest human incentives

  Claude C. Hopkins

  Curiosity, Incentives, Humans

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Claude C. Hopkins, John E. Kennedy, Albert D. Lasker “Scientific Advertising Origins”, Lulu.com

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• I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

  Amy Tan

  Strength, Mother, Art

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• On that day, we couldn't reach the conclusion whose hero is the strongest. And today when we are 41 years old, we can protect neither the Earth nor the women we love. We are now just the anti-heroic men, struggling with everyday life. Those boys wo wanted to become heroes... where did they all go? Whose heroes can we become at the end?

  Kim Do-Jin

  Struggle, Hero, Boys

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• The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.

  Polly Toynbee

  Years, Stronger, Lasts

  "It is not fanciful to make the pursuit of happiness a political imperative" by Polly Toynbee, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2006.

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• I am not the biggest, I am not the strongest, but I am Damn sure the toughest!

  Daniel Bryan

  Wwe, Damn, Bryan

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose.

  Barack Obama

  Differences, People, Democracy

  First Presidential Prime Time Press Conference, delivered 9 February 2009

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• I was punched breathless by the strongest emotions I have ever felt and they are now stored in my intuition as a writer.

  Amy Tan

  Intuition, Emotion, Breathless

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• The urge to quit is strongest just before breakthroughs occur. Those are the times when it's most important to stay focused and committed. You will encounter the urge to quit many times. Get over it. Quitting is not an option; always be prepared to give it one more day.

  Matthew Barnett

  Giving, Important, Encounters

  Matthew Barnett (2011). “The Cause within You: Finding the One Great Thing You Were Created to Do in This World”, p.177, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Our workforce and our entire economy are strongest when we embrace diversity to its fullest, and that means opening doors of opportunity to everyone and recognizing that the American Dream excludes no one.

  Thomas Perez

  Dream, Mean, Opportunity

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• For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (...)Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction was that I was involved in the fundamentals of life.

  Steve McCurry

  Years, Long, Cameras

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• Our griefs, as well as our joys, owe their strongest colors to our imaginations. There is nothing so grievous to be borne that pondering upon it will not make it heavier; and there is no pleasure so vivid that the animation of fancy cannot liven it.

  Jane Porter

  Art, Grief, Color

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.136

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• For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the enemy out of the strongest possible natural positions.

  William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

  War, Enemy, World

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