A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree — deeply rooted to withstand all of life's upheavals.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

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

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.