You're blessed if you have the strength to work. Mahalia Jackson
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. William Hazlitt
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. Ruby Dee
Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less but that he who loves can only love with the whole heart, and with the whole soul with all his strength and with all his will. Max Muller
All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone. Christian Lous Lange
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own. Madame de Stael
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship. Thomas Fuller
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. Paul Cezanne
A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. Marcel Proust
It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. Giacomo Casanova
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. Audre Lorde
Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use. Francis Bacon
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. Harriet Tubman
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others. Robert Green Ingersoll
A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. Indira Gandhi
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength. Michel de Montaigne
Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength. Charles Caleb Colton
Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. Jack Welch
I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit. Miriam Makeba
To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good. Barbra Streisand