#strength

God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#god #grant #off #strength #surrender

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#having #i #live #lives #myself

They did not suspect her for a moment. It did not occur to them that a woman could be dangerous. How foolish they were. Women could do most of the things men did. Who was left in charge when the men were fighting wars, or going on crusades? There were women carpenters, dyers, tanners, bakers and brewers. ↗

— Ken Follett

#women #men

Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#brother #good #great #had #i

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength. ↗

— Jonathan Brown

#doing #first #good #i #injury

The people I used to have around me from Nashville was showing love to the Cash Money clique on the strength of Buck trying to make it; making sure Buck gets to where he gots to go. ↗

— Young Buck

#buck #cash #clique #gets #go

Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes; but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#appeal #appeals #attack #better #classes

Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life. A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. ↗

— Herman Melville

#manhood #resilience #strength #life

I want to focus on the importance of supporting marriage. I always speak about the need to respect everyone's human dignity - regardless of their sexual orientation. I think strengthening marriage is something that benefits everyone. ↗

— Salvatore J. Cordileone

#always #benefits #dignity #everyone #focus

From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation. ↗

— Stieg Larsson

#courage #death #strength #attitude