When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors. ~By Stephen Sondheim ~
As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be. ~By Emmet Fox ~
Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact. ~By Gijs de Vries ~
As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities. ~By Alan Thicke ~
A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths. ~By Greg Walden ~
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. ~By Max Lerner ~
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home. ~By Henry Drummond ~
I think my own strengths are in television production. ~By Jim Henson ~
You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else. ~By William Cavendish ~
The key to any game is to use your strengths and hide your weaknesses. ~By Paul Westphal ~
Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground. ~By Frank Lloyd Wright ~
We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot. ~By Eleanor Roosevelt ~
I have the strength to endure it all. ~By Moshe Dayan ~
A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God. ~By Walter Martin ~
Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. ~By Lao Tzu ~
Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families. ~By Mitt Romney ~
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. ~By Xun Zi ~
The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. ~By Adolf Hitler ~
I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine. ~By James Hetfield ~
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ~By Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows. ~By Frances Rodman ~
Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement. ~By Steve Bartlett ~
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. ~By Laurence Sterne ~
Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point. ~By Charles Francis Richter ~
If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers. ~By Abdul Kalam ~
The Children's Safety Act will help protect children from the perpetrators of these vile crimes by strengthening notification requirements for sex offenders and increasing criminal penalties. ~By James T. Walsh ~
The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. ~By Lyndon B. Johnson ~
Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce. ~By Cesare Pavese ~
It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces. ~By Warren Christopher ~
We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort. ~By John Ashcroft ~
At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection. ~By Lee Greenwood ~
We must keep both our femininity and our strength. ~By Indra Devi ~
Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity. ~By David Hare ~
But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith. ~By Anna Letitia Barbauld ~
I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying. ~By Gregory Harrison ~
Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show. ~By Mignon McLaughlin ~
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. ~By Leonardo da Vinci ~
Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world, and for them to be in the world. I think that their little spirits, you know, just said, well, we're going to be there. So it makes it very special because of it. ~By Cheryl Tiegs ~
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. ~By William Samuel Johnson ~
Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are. ~By John W. Gardner ~
An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan. ~By Stokely Carmichael ~
Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used. ~By Richard E. Byrd ~
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information. ~By Peter Drucker ~
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island. ~By William Blackstone ~
Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform. ~By Dave Reichert ~
For all of us who have been involved in the recovery efforts to bring back and strengthen wild salmon runs, we fear that this change in policy could lead to further declines in these wild stocks. ~By Norm Dicks ~
I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him. ~By Francois Rabelais ~
I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country. ~By Bainbridge Colby ~
Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength. ~By Lao Tzu ~
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body. ~By Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ~
Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. ~By Baruch Spinoza ~
I think our strength is this strong relationship we have all together. ~By Guy Forget ~
I want to exude strength and intelligence. ~By Portia de Rossi ~
Strengthening our identity is one way of reinforcing people's confidence and sense of citizenship and well-being. ~By David Blunkett ~
I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed five saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet. ~By Carry Nation ~
They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America. ~By Alphonso Jackson ~
As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values. ~By Jim Doyle ~
I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old. ~By Jonathan Frid ~
In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations between our two countries, as their destinies are intertwined. ~By Cyrus Vance ~
Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you. ~By Mike Murdock ~
My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength. ~By Jayne Meadows ~
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs. ~By Henry Villard ~
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. ~By Helen Keller ~
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men. ~By Stephen Lewis ~
The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.' ~By Willem Dafoe ~
In terms of development of the company, the vast majority of our sales are in the Far East and we will expect to strengthen our activities there, perhaps even moving some of our engineering activities abroad. ~By David Milne ~
Strength lies not in defence but in attack. ~By Adolf Hitler ~
Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility. ~By Elizabeth Cady Stanton ~
There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices. ~By Francis Jeffrey ~
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. ~By Vincent Van Gogh ~
Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve. ~By Henry Chadwick ~
The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is the fount of life by which we are cleansed and strengthened to live not for ourselves but for God and to be united in love among ourselves. ~By Pope Paul VI ~
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. ~By Mother Teresa ~
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. ~By James Allen ~
Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life. ~By Charlotte Bunch ~
Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village. ~By John George Nicolay ~
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. ~By William E. Gladstone ~
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. ~By Maxwell Maltz ~
I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind. ~By Alexis Arguello ~
As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further. ~By Marek Belka ~
Working together we can strengthen Delaware State University and the students who attend it. ~By Michael N. Castle ~
We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together. ~By Jerry Stiller ~
Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. ~By Charles Kingsley ~
Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families. ~By Mitt Romney ~
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. ~By Mattie Stepanek ~
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength. ~By Ninon de Lenclos ~
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage. ~By John W. Gardner ~
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture. ~By John Abbott ~
I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity. ~By Louis MacNeice ~
I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight. ~By Ron Perlman ~
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute. ~By Lillian Hellman ~
Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience. ~By Mary Wollstonecraft ~
Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit. ~By Andrei Sakharov ~
The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry. ~By John L. Lewis ~
In examining the potential of individuals, we must focus on their strengths and not just their mistakes. We cannot be limited by what they may have spilled in the kitchen. ~By William Pollard ~
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. ~By Brian Tracy ~
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. ~By George Eliot ~
When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from. ~By Elvis Stojko ~
If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not; then marriages would be truly made in heaven. ~By Ben Elton ~
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