A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.--Jimmy Carter 

There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.--Booker T. Washington 

There is a growing strength in women, but it's in the forehead, not in the forearm.--Beverly Sills 

There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood.--Aaron Hill 

There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.--George Macdonald (The Marquis of Lossie) 

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.--Rachel Carlson 

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.--Henry Miller (The Time of Assassins) 

What is strength without a double share of wisdom?--John Milton (Samson Agonistes) 

When events occur that we didn’t expect, they increase our faith, strengthen our ability to endure, and bring forth our hidden talents, abilities and strengths.--Iyanla Vanzant 

When strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear of your neighbors.--Chilon 

When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.--Thomas Merton (No Man Is an Island) 

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.--Eleanor Roosevelt

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” —Mark Twain

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” —Michael Jordan

“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” —Mary Kay Ash