#strength

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#better #civilians #including #innocent #innocent civilians

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#bargaining #doing #giving #iran #juvenile

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#forbear #friends #gaiety #give #grace

Now is the time for us to strike. We must strengthen our foothold in Asia, to ensure no nation overtakes us. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#ensure #foothold #must #nation #now

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. ↗

— Tecumseh

#fault #food #give #joy #lies

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong. ↗

— Tecumseh

#breaks #bundle #single #strong #twig

The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness. ↗

— Paul Harris

#nation #proves #strength #very #weakness

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill. ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#friends #friendship #kill #loyalty #strength

Of course, experience strengthens one later. ↗

— Anton Seidl

#experience #later #strengthens

There is an irresistible demand to strengthen the leadership of the constructive forces of the world at the present momentous time. This is true because of stupendous, almost unbelievable changes which have taken place in recent years on every continent. ↗

— John Raleigh Mott

#because #changes #constructive #continent #demand