I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength. Black Elk
Let a woman have her place, because as you provide foundation for her, she provides a foundation for you. And through that vulnerability comes strength. Shemar Moore
Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground. Pope Paul VI
The failure of academic feminists to recognize difference as a crucial strength is a failure to reach beyond the first patriarchal lesson. In our world, divide and conquer must become define and empower. Audre Lorde
I think that we had a different view of what the 21st century could be like, with much more of a sense, from our perspective, of trying to have an interdependent world: looking at solving regional conflicts, having strength in alliances, operating within some kind of a sense that we were part of the international community and not outside of it. Madeleine Albright
It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine. Joseph Conrad
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. Laurence Sterne
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
In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and conviction that we fight terrorism. My faith calls on its followers to love one's enemies. A tall order, that - perhaps the tallest of all. Jon Meacham
I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it. Black Elk
There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better. Mark Shields
It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone. Catherine Deneuve
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. Francois Rabelais
I have arm-wrestled here and there... guys seem to want to test my strength. Shania Twain
I have the people behind me and the people are my strength. Huey Newton
People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of. Dennis Prager
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him. Anna Julia Cooper
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
People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood. Zoe Saldana