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strength

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. Im very proud to have Latin blood. – Zoe Saldana

I couldnt beat people with my strength I dont have a hard shot Im not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work. – Wayne Gretzky

The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the bodys total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form? – Dag Hammarskjold

President Obamas record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. – William J. Clinton

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spiders web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel. – Tryon Edwards

You must rouse into peoples consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character. – Luc de Clapiers

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you dont just turn it off one day. – Chinua Achebe

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesnt occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea. – Thor Heyerdahl

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use. – Ricky Williams

Something called the Oklahoma Standard became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated. – Brad Henry

You had no right to be born for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other persons strength. – Charlotte Bronte

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet theyre so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai. – Orlando Bloom

I count life just a stuff to try the souls strength on. – Robert Browning

The sea heaves up, hangs loaded oer the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. – Robert Browning

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength. – Ninon de LEnclos

Strength is one of those things youre supposed to have. You dont feel that you have it at the time youre going through it. – Joan Didion

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength. – Gary Neville

We cant equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And thats not just measured in words or gestures. – Jennifer Granholm

It requires more strength to be gentle, so its the everyday encounters of life that I think weve prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people. – Bob Keeshan

I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength theyve given me to overcome so much. – Ricky Williams