#strength

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#certain #complex #endowed #institution #name

Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#children #even #feels #his #hope

America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation. ↗

— Bill Frist

#been #forward #gaining #moving #moving forward

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#had #lie #long #long run #right

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#anything #being #church #else #go

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

#consists #nation #others #own #strength

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#come #comes #does #indomitable #physical

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#becomes #courtesy #irresistible #latter #restraint

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#argument #chill #feeling #heated #logic

There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#another #back #back up #because #doubt