Strong Quotes - Page 121

Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it.

Hollywood is right. A good and strong movie can have a more powerful social impact than any and all political speeches or newspaper editorials and columns.

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.

It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit.

Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.

I think different designers have different points of view and different strong personalities can influence the way certain cities are perceived.

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong

Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these women and rejoice in their warmth and courage.

A strong feeling of adventure is animating those who are working on bacterial viruses, a feeling that they have a small part in the great drive towards a fundamental problem in biology.

I know that there's this one Albanian myth that's always reflected on, and I think it reflects on the actual core culture. That myth is called The Besa. B-E-S-A. The Besa is a word that Albanians use to mean avow, but it's such a strong promise, that even past death, one cannot break that promise. It is unfathomable. So if you give someone your besa, life or death, heaven or hell, you have to fulfill that besa.

Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change.

The strong man is the man who can stand up for his rights and not hit back.

The whole problem is spirituality-not finances. Spiritually strong = welfare strong.

...you don't need to be technically great, because if you have a strong philosophy people will be moved by your pictures regardless.

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

Woman must not accept; she must challenge.

With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the earth through the roots, recover themselves and are restored to their former solid texture. But the strong air of winter compresses and solidifies them.

I think my father [ Erwin Rommel] would have given the same answer. The British and Americans and the French were too strong, too strong and the strategy of this battle was too clever. And the war may be - it would have taken some weeks longer before the German front was penetrated. And by the way, today we know that it was better to lose the war than to win it with Hitler.

I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

My relationship with God is as strong as the time and energy I put into connecting with God.

It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This--" I held out my hands "--this thing that is me is incomplete. It is only the raw material with which I have to work. I want to make it better than I received it.

Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided.

The Revolution has grown cold; all its principles are weakened; there remains only red caps worn by intriguers. The exercise of terror has made crime blasé, as strong liquors made the palace blasé.

Overwhelmingly strong proofs of intelligent and benevolent design lie around us... the atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words.