#strength

Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#decency #east #gentleness #goodness #impresses

To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#entertainments #fun #ideas #idle #joy

On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#american public #amplify #assets #communication #even

We must work together to save and strengthen Social Security not just for my father's generation but also for my daughters' generation. ↗

— John Thune

#daughters #father #generation #just #must

The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#comparable #develop #does #game #important

Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke. ↗

— John Krasinski

#being funny #carry #down #funny #good

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#beyond #challenges #contending #grow #handle

In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations between our two countries, as their destinies are intertwined. ↗

— Cyrus Vance

#apply #between #citizens #come #countries

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#basis #community #conspicuous #consumption #gaining

Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol. ↗

— Allen West

#already #books #border #border patrol #confront