Strong Quotes

• The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.

  

  Oliver North
  • People
  • American
  • Strong

• Friendship's the wine of life; but friendship new(Not such was his) is neither strong nor pure.

  

  Edward Young
  • Life
  • Friendship
  • Wine

• My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.

  

  David Robinson The Cars
  • Dad
  • Service
  • Commitment

• If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive. If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want 10 people or 100? If you weed out colour or gender, you get 10.

  

  Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
  • People
  • Up
  • Society

• The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Up
  • Work
  • Confidence

• I think one of the main reason's Rick Rosenthal and Whitewater PIctures decided to 'get in bed with me' on 'Fat Kid' was because I came in with a strong business plan as well as a creative vision on how to make the film.

  

  Matthew Lillard
  • Business
  • Strong
  • Vision

• In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.

  

  Zong Qinghou
  • Done
  • Business
  • Leader

• I always try and make people feel that they are strong enough to say something - anything, to anyone - even if it's a stranger or they're just writing a tweet if they're in danger.

  

  Anne-Marie
  • People
  • Writing
  • Strong

• The people who are inspiring and strong for me are the ones who acknowledge vulnerabilities.

  

  Jessie Buckley
  • People
  • Strong

• A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull altogether, my hearties, hurrah!

  

  David Copperfield
  • Long
  • Strong

• I'm a girly girl. I'm strong, but I'm very timid. Very dainty.

  

  Lil' Kim
  • Girl
  • Strong
  • Girly

• When I spend a lot of time reading, discussing, or thinking about an area, I'll often really appreciate why a strong viewpoint is true and come to very firm conclusions. But if I am later exposed to a strong opposing view, I frequently find this countervailing view persuasive as well.

  

  Joe Lonsdale
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Why

• I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

  

  Rachel Corrie
  • Good
  • Strong
  • Freedom

• It was always important to me to be confident and strong with myself. It didn't happen overnight, but I've learned that the only way you can start to control things is if you feel a certain way about yourself.

  

  Jillian Hervey
  • Important
  • Strong
  • Control

• When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • Country
  • Successful
  • Mission

• I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.

  

  Bar Paly
  • People
  • Me
  • Comedy

• I have a strong preference for being alive.

  

  Alan Alda
  • Strong
  • Alive
  • Preference

• People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.

  

  Quiara Alegria Hudes
  • People
  • Life
  • Writing

• I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

  

  Adam Yauch The Beastie Boys
  • Strong

• With any project I work on - not just 'True Detective' - I don't feel the need just to play a strong woman. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh, she was so strong.' I want to play characters that are flawed and interesting.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Work
  • True
  • Interesting

• You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Man
  • Strong
  • Weak

• I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.

  

  Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Beautiful
  • Language
  • Arabic

• In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.

  

  Ed Balls
  • Party
  • Service
  • Gold

• The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong.

  

  James Monroe
  • Power
  • Strong
  • Abuse

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