#strength

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#bravado #bravery #creature #discovers #fool

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

#existence #fact #lesbians #lies #life

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#helper #nerves #our #sharpens #skill

Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#building #eat #focus #gave #looking

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#cruel #expected #gentleness #only #strong

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#capabilities #dull #grow #human #human beings

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength. ↗

— George W. Bush

#crisis #economic #economic growth #excuse #financial

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#cause #demonstration #governments #into #israel

I'd rather be thought of as smart, capable, strong, and compassionate than beautiful. Those things all persist long after beauty fades. ↗

— Cassandra Duffy

#women-s-liberation #women-s-strength #beauty

I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#could #happen #i #mental #much