You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. Benjamin Disraeli
The strength and power and goodness of America has always been based on the strength and power and goodness of our communities, our families, our faiths. That is the bedrock of what makes America, America. In our best days, we can feel the vibrancy of America's communities, large and small. Mitt Romney
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires. Sigmund Freud
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. Francis Quarles
Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree. Blaise Pascal
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Henry Ward Beecher
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. Thomas Carlyle
People do not lack strength they lack will. Victor Hugo
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength. Abdul Kalam
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions. Peter Drucker
The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. Blaise Pascal
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. Theodore Bikel
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. John Ruskin
The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability. Ho Chi Minh
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. Charles Kingsley
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight D. Eisenhower