Be Strong Quotes

1. “Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.”

2. “Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.”

3. “Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to be strong.”

4. “Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.”

5. “There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.”

6. “Dream, struggle, create, prevail. Be daring. Be brave. Be loving. Be compassionate. Be strong. Be brilliant. Be beautiful.”

7. “Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.”

8. “Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.”

9. “Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong.”

10. “You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.”

11. “Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.”

12. “We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.”

13. “Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.”

14. “My grandmother always told me that regardless of what the world gives you, stay humble. Stay strong in your beliefs, and be honest. And when you're wrong, be a man and say you're wrong. And be strong when you're right.”

15. “Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.”

16. “The pressure on young chefs today is far greater than ever before in terms of social skills, marketing skills, cooking skills, personality and, more importantly, delivering on the plate. So you need to be strong. Physically fit. So my chefs get weighed every time they come into the kitchen.”

17. “You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.”

18. “You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.”

19. “I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband.”

20. “A Bond girl must be a strong and independent woman, but at the same time charming and sensual. Those opposite qualities combined together make her interesting. She must be strong but at the same time feminine.”

21. “It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.”

22. “I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind.”

23. “There are stereotypes - it's like an invisible line, but somehow you have to find the energy to be strong, to be super-confident, no matter if you are in front of the president of the U.S. or anyone else.”

24. “Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.”

25. “You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself.”

26. “You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.”

27. “Follow your honest convictions and be strong.”

28. “I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.”

29. “I was a hardliner with regard to colonialism, which had occupied Africa and large parts of the world. We were waging an armed struggle, and therefore, one had to be strong. But now, no one asks for weapons but for economic aid, which changes your position.”

30. “By forgiving, we are training ourselves to be strong, confident, joyful, peaceful, happy, and loving. These positive attributes end up affecting every part of our lives.”

31. “Remember who you are. Remember to be strong and don't care about what people say.”

32. “Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates.”

33. “'Paris Is Burning' was only just a glimpse into what was happening within the ballroom scene. The difference is that 'Pose' is opening the lens a little bit more, and it's diving into the personal lives of these women who fought for their kids - who raised their kids to be strong individuals so that they can move on and have a legacy, too.”

34. “How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.”

35. “I want to do movies with great stories. The content should be strong.”

36. “To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.”

37. “I don't mind playing someone's girlfriend or wife if I have something to say, if I bring something to the picture, if I can be strong and powerful and say smart things. If not, then it's just boring.”

38. “If the nation is rich but people are poor, the country cannot be strong, and society will be unstable.”

39. “The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.”

40. “My mum passing away wasn't funny, but that funeral and what I went through, the things that happened, looking back at it, there were funny moments. You have to be strong enough to look back at it, to sit and assess the situation.”

41. “You know how sports teach kids teamwork and how to be strong and brave and confident? Improv was my sport. I learned how to not waffle and how to hold a conversation, how to take risks and actually be excited to fail.”

42. “Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.”

43. “I love that I can demonstrate that it's OK to look and be strong.”

44. “The manager is always on at us about mental strength anyway. He just comes in and stresses how important it is to be strong mentally, to succeed you've got to go through pain both mentally and physically.”

45. “I'm so thrilled to get to raise my kids in the environment that they are in. I think it's easy just to imagine that all these kids are spoiled and entitled. Part of what makes me be strong with my kids is the fact that I'm surrounded by other really firm strong moms.”

46. “I know what it's like to have guys make you feel like you need to flirt with them or be sexy or hook up with them or something, and you don't have to do those things. You just have to be strong and stand your ground.”

47. “I really care about this stuff, I care about movies, and you just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility, and I'm lucky enough not to have to just take any movie to pay the rent, so there's no need to be greedy.”

48. “You can still be strong and be feminine.”

49. “Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.”

50. “Fatherhood is an honor, and men should be strong enough to step up to the plate.”

51. “We try to teach women how to be strong, how to believe in themselves, how to make themselves happy, as opposed to pleasing someone else first.”

52. “God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as strong or twice that, it could not be strong enough to defeat us. We are confident that no one can harm us if God is with us.”

53. “I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and take my counsel. I want to be strong and professional, but I resent how hard I have to work to be taken seriously, to receive a fraction of the consideration I might otherwise receive.”

54. “Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.”

55. “Lifting weights is obviously important, because you want to be strong and fast and all of that, but it's not one of those things you gotta go and try to bench as much as you can every day. A bench press isn't going to help you throw a 15-yard out or a deep comeback. It's not about that. It's about training right.”

56. “Strange, is it not, my brothers, how often in America those great watchwords of human energy - 'Be strong!' 'Know thyself!' 'Hitch your wagon to a star!' - how often these die away into dim whispers when we face these seething millions of black men? And yet do they not belong to them? Are they not their heritage as well as yours?”

57. “I embrace the PKI because it is a revolutionary force. PKI go forward. PKI never retreat. PKI grow. PKI be strong. Onward.”

58. “I have a deadly disease called Sickle Cell Anemia that I was born with that affects millions of others - primarily in the Black and Latino cultures. I feel I can inspire others with this Sickle Cell disease to be strong and believe in themselves.”

59. “No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.”

60. “It's very important for feminism for us to tell our daughters that they should be strong. But to tell our sons that they can be vulnerable, to have these characters on screen that are not perfectly masculine cowboys that never fail, for our boys to change their psyche as well, that's equally important for feminism.”

61. “It is accepted the world over that women are an essential part of what makes a society successful, and only through supporting and empowering women can a country truly be strong.”

62. “Israel, for me, represents so much more than a nation. It's a very idealized example for the world. It's not just a nation that needs to be strong, secure, and safe. For me, for the sake of humanity, Israel needs to be a light that is an example to all nations.”

63. “People are deeply interested in rewriting the established narratives and challenging what we see as the norm in every way. We want to see a new definition of beauty and sexy. We want to see different people look vulnerable and show strength and redefine what it means to be strong.”

64. “I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just doesn't work. I expect my paintings to be strong and surprising.”

65. “The most difficult quality is to make the right decision. Because you can be quick, you can be strong, you can jump incredibly, you can have the best shots and you can be able to score goals from 50 yards, but if you don't know when to shoot, when to run or when to jump, you're lost.”

66. “Especially for young girls growing up, it would be lovely to see strong women who don't necessarily need to be sexy or find that interesting. Or have to be the girlfriend or the mother. They can play complex characters that you want to follow and make you believe that you can be strong as well.”

67. “I've been told to 'man up' after talking about depression on Twitter. Man up means 'be strong because that's what a man is.' And they don't just mean physical strength, they mean emotional strength. What, because men get into fights or go to wars to fight? It should be 'woman up.'”

68. “No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.”

69. “No man or woman can be strong, gentle, pure, and good, without the world being better for it and without someone being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.”

70. “Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.”

71. “In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.”

72. “The goal of this Nation, I so strongly believe, is to be a preeminent world power. We have to understand what comes with that: The responsibility to be strong.”

73. “For the state of our union to be strong, we need to place value in Americans.”

74. “For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.”

75. “It's a play where something went wrong, 'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long. If you sit there, my friend, From beginning 'til end, Then your bladder better be strong!”

76. “Men should have rough hands and be strong.”

77. “So the name of a group has to say something. The name has to be strong.”

78. “Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the Eastern Democracy, we bid farewell when you do that thing.”

79. “I think probably like seeing women fight because we're generally not thought to be strong, especially in the case of this movie.”

80. “But to understand what it means to be strong and courageous, Christians should look to the person of Christ.”

81. “We are very isolated, far from boyfriends and friends, so we have to be strong, smart and very professional.”

82. “At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.”

83. “Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isn't that really quite incredible?”

84. “I sort of feel sorry for the next man who gets me. I may just kill him with passion. He'd better be strong and have a good heart!”

85. “Be strong and follow your own convictions. You can't assume there is a lot of time to do what you like. This is what David Bowie is afraid of: that he will die before he gets a chance to make a real strong contribution.”

86. “Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.”

87. “I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain.”

88. “I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.”

89. “Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and was one of the first female superheroes. It gives me more of an encouragement that we can be strong and can do whatever a guy can do.”

90. “And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it.”

91. “I also believed that our public at home would be strong enough to survive even the present crisis.”

92. “And I sense it was a rather constructed, almost half narrative fiction film in some ways. A lot of it was staged and manipulated to get those things in there that I knew to be strong.”

93. “It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.”

94. “People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders.”

95. “More than the time, it's about how you feel - you want to be strong throughout the race.”

96. “I want my girls to be strong and self-sufficient.”

97. “You can be strong and true to yourself without being rude or loud.”

98. “One of the things we wrestle with nationally is, 'If we want the economy to be strong, what should we do?' Why not learn some lessons from Virginia?”

99. “It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.”

100. “I like to be strong.”

101. “It's physical. If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.”

102. “In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong.”

103. “Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.”

104. “It feels good to be strong.”

105. “We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism.”

106. “People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.”

107. “I think for a girl to be strong, it doesn't have to involve being physically strong.”

108. “Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.”

109. “In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.”

110. “I draw a distinction between traditional Islam and Islamism. Islamism emerged in its modern form in the 1920s and is driven by a belief that Muslims can be strong and rich again if they follow the Islamic law severely and in its entirety. This is a response to the trauma of modern Islam.”

111. “The basic idea is always constructed around piano or guitar and a voice, that's what we live and die by, because if you build up from that foundation, it's going to be strong.”

112. “Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure.”

113. “I think having Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is going to send a very wonderful lesson to the American public that women can be strong, they can be tough, they can be effective, and they can lead this country as political leaders.”

114. “Chinese growth will either be strong or very strong. They have a voracious demand for energy that will only continue to grow. What they're doing… is looking at all forms of energy. They're going ahead very strongly with coal, nuclear, oil, natural gas.”

115. “I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.”

116. “I wouldn't want to play a character that knew everything and knew where to go. It is much more interesting playing a character that is vulnerable trying to be strong. It makes for better TV.”

117. “So many people in the gay community have always asked me to come out, say it like it is, and help our cause. But for me… I think my biggest statement I could give to the world is to be strong being myself… you have to make something of yourself, and that's what makes us strong.”

118. “I don't want to see the dollar strong because the rest of the world is crumbling. I would like to see the dollar strong because the Fed has said it wants it to be strong in the future.”

119. “When I'm weak, you can be strong; when I'm strong, you can be weak. That's what I believe marriage is.”

120. “Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're a working woman or you're not. I'm raising two girls, and I say to them, 'I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful… You can be all of these things.'”

121. “I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that.”

122. “I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.”

123. “I think the idea that women can stand up and be strong and still be seen as beautiful and sexual is kind of cool, and I would like to see more of that.”

124. “When the storms of life come, if they come to me personally, to my family or to the world, I want to be strong enough to stand and be a strength to somebody else, be shelter for somebody else.”

125. “As a kid, what brought me in the gym, what got me in there every day was a chance to break your personal best, a chance to be strong; I just really, really dig that.”

126. “My late mother was very clear to my sister and I that we were to be strong women; that we were to be effective; that we were to be heard.”

127. “I always tell my clients to be tough, to be strong. Never weaken yourself. I believe God favors only strong persons.”

128. “Right around 2004 when 'Ray' came out, I made a conscious decision to be more discerning because I thought to myself, 'After something like this, I really have to try to be strong enough to turn stuff down.'”

129. “I think the U.S. economy wants to be strong. It wants to be.”

130. “I'm not the only one; most people's mothers are the most influential person in their life. But my mother survived the camps, and she was very strong. She made me strong, but she wanted me to be strong. That's more important.”

131. “Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.”

132. “If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.”

133. “It's sexy and beautiful to be strong.”

134. “I have had a very physical acting career, but on 'Newsroom,' it's not about physicality, but it's about presence. I get to just be. Strong, sensitive, quiet strength can be much more intimidating than the screaming loud guy, and I'm so glad to get to show this side of me, which, to be honest, is a lot like who I really am.”

135. “In India, we kind of concentrate only on weight loss. I want to teach people that it is very important to be strong and fit, rather than just thin.”

136. “Being nice doesn't necessarily mean you're weak. You can be nice and be strong at the same time. That's a character trait that we need more in Washington.”

137. “I believe there's a secret chemical that's turned loose when you have kids that says you've got to survive, you've got to be strong. That keeps you on your toes, besides all kinds of other things, when you have three little ones running around.”

138. “China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.”

139. “Jesus Christ - He means the world to me. So many different situations I've been through, through my childhood and now my adulthood; I lost my brother at a young age. He got hit by a car right in front of me. I had to be strong for my mom.”

140. “One of my goals is to have this incredible body. I want to be strong, to be ripped.”

141. “When I'm competing, I need to be strong.”

142. “In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.”

143. “Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow.”

144. “I want to be strong enough to cope with the roles, but I don't want to be cast as the guy that takes his shirt off.”

145. “The thing that 'Annie' means to me is that it is good to always be strong, and if you have a goal, go for it, and if there is something in your way, just go around and find your path again, and go for your goal.”

146. “Reality TV is to popular because it allows so many people to sit on the sidelines and just watch somebody else's life. God is saying, 'Don't sit on the sidelines of life. I have put so much in you, but you have got to be strong and very courageous. You have got to step out in faith.'”

147. “When we try to make a car that drives itself, we believe - whether we're right or not - we believe that there would be strong net positive benefit to the world if cars could drive themselves safer than people could.”

148. “We have to defend America and be strong.”

149. “The person who lets them get you down, any kind of problem, is the person that fades out. So you've got to be strong enough; you don't like it, but you've got to be strong enough to accept what's going on and that you're going to fight it or whatever it takes to overcome this matter. That's the way I feel.”

150. “I think it comes from far away inside me, to be strong to survive everything that comes my way. I think, going back to the beginning, feeling like an alien in an English school when I was eight, that set up my pride very early on. I think I'm very defensive, but I'm trying not to be like that anymore.”

151. “I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.”

152. “I was raised to respect women, and I really like them to be strong, independent, and have their own identity. My parents are still together, and I grew up with a lot of love, and I feel that kids imitate what they have at home.”

153. “In business, you have to be strong. If you are weak, people are going to take advantage.”

154. “Faced with terror, France must be strong, it must be great, and the state authorities must be firm.”

155. “Those who want peace should prepare for war and be strong.”

156. “I could always hit the ball really far, but you don't need to be strong to do that.”

157. “You have to train hard and be strong while staying flexible and limber, so I'm trying to find that balance.”

158. “I'm not an interior decorator; I'm a designer, and that includes the architecture. The package must be strong and controlled, the rooms aligned, and the windows positioned to make sense with the furniture. Fluff it up, and you've got big trouble.”

159. “I never misrepresent my position - you've got to be strong enough to make the argument and marshal the case.”

160. “I like to lift and do cardio to stay in shape, so I can walk the dog on somebody, and I like to be strong, but running 10 miles or a decathlon? That don't support my interests.”

161. “It's a misogynistic world. It's because of what we ask of actresses. We ask them to be sensitive, fragile, desirable. And men? We ask them to be strong and virile.”

162. “I would like to use the law of this land to do everything I possibly can to protect America's children from abuse and violence and to give to each of them the opportunity to grow to be strong, healthy and self-sufficient citizens of this country.”

163. “I think when girls hear Beyonce, it makes them move and want to lift their arms up and be strong, be powerful. She puts this energy of positivity out there, which is good for people's souls. I think musicians are kind of like shamans: they're bringing the vibrations of a more spiritual state.”

164. “My father raised me from the time I was 12 years old. And it would never occur to me that I wouldn't be strong - I wasn't raised like that.”

165. “I want to be strong. I want to be able to hit people. I want people to be able to bounce off me. When I go out there and play, I play to intimidate people. If someone gets hit down by me, they're going to think twice about coming near me again.”

166. “Senator Clinton is very knowledgeable about national security and is probably going to be strong on defense. I have no doubts whatsoever that if she were president in January '09, she would not act irresponsibly and issue orders to conduct an immediate withdrawal from Iraq, regardless of the consequences, and squander the gains that have been made.”

167. “In my business, you should be very strong in mind. You have to be sure about yourself and about your work and your career, and you have to be strong inside because so many people come around and try to say bad things about you.”

168. “I think there's a contrast between being vulnerable and, you know, 'Girl Power!' I think it's important to have that balance because you don't have to be strong all the time.”

169. “Stick up for what you believe in and never, ever feel that you can't say something or speak your mind. I think that would be the best advice. Be strong. Be confident. That's really all you need.”

170. “It's a matriarchal family, the Carters. A.P. was the original head of the Carter family, but the women were always strong. There were no questions asked in that regard; you had better be strong.”

171. “I do a lot of things because if you do just one thing… like, if you run too much, everything just gets loose. You lose weight, but you get loose, and you want to be strong, have muscles.”

172. “Ballet is a healthy world despite what people might think. There's a perception that ballet dancers are skinny and unhealthy, but that's rubbish. You have to be strong, so eating regularly and healthily is essential.”

173. “My fantasy is that I could wake up looking amazing, that I could be strong and stop the bully, but that everybody would love me, too. I think that's intrinsic to fantasy - fantasy is fantasy.”

174. “There's the 7-year-old me that pretended to be Wonder Woman running around the schoolyard. Like, what an incredible thing to imagine that when the bully shows up or the villain, you would be strong enough to do something about it. But, also, you look like Lynda Carter while you're doing it - like, 'Oh, my God.'”

175. “The first gay people we elect must be strong. They must not be content to sit in the back of the bus. They must not be content to accept pablum. They must be above wheeling and dealing.”

176. “We need to be able to live in the city without a car; we need to be able to get around. The transit system has to be strong and work for everyone.”

177. “I want to be strong because you believe in me. You have to trust me. I give my knowledge to you. That is my philosophy.”

178. “You want a coach who is going to push you and be strong and be in your corner when it's tough, but sometimes you have coaches who think they are more important than the players. That's where the conflicts come.”

179. “Jiu Jitsu is a great workout both mentally and physically. You want to be strong for it and flexible for it.”

180. “In Haryana, there are two things that are most important in a household. We don't care if we have a big house and several cars or not. But for us, in every household, the sons need to be strong, and the animals need to be in good health.”

181. “I have a tendency to coddle my sons because I want to keep them safe, but I also want them to be strong and independent and curious and bold, and I worry that my coddling is going to have exactly the opposite effect.”

182. “Secretary Tillerson is not going anywhere. I can vouch for that. He is where he is, he continues to be strong in how he handles foreign policy, and I continue to work well with him.”

183. “At first, I felt like I was put into this box because I played hockey. I thought that I was viewed a certain way, and I shouldn't wear certain clothes. Finally, I stepped aside and said, 'That's someone else's creation of me. I can be feminine and be strong.'”

184. “Once we decided to be in this industry, we have to be ready for everything. You have to be strong but hard working. No pain, no gain.”

185. “When I first had my legs amputated, it was hard for me to be positive and feel pretty. Many people don't know that someone with a disability can be strong and beautiful and successful as an athlete.”

186. “If you hear somebody say something absolutely horrendous about their own life, in quite a flippant, offbeat kind of way, when you meet people clearly trying to be strong and brave, the ones who are really good at it are the ones who break my heart the most.”

187. “A lot of effort and money are - rightly - expended keeping the president physically safe. But it's up to the president to maintain a schedule that allows for refueling, so as to be physically and cognitively at his or her best at all times. That's what it means to be strong, tough, and truly fit for the highest office.”

188. “When the consumer is strong, the American economy will be strong, so consumer protection actually serves economic growth and economic progress.”

189. “It's always inspiring when people all come together and be strong as a group. This is why I feel so strongly to put the message to people that we need to stand together in tough times.”

190. “It may be a truism that the country cannot be strong abroad unless it is strong at home, but it's also a fact that the country's economic prosperity depends on its security abroad - not only in the core of the liberal democratic world but often well beyond it, too.”

191. “I think people love the character of Iris West. I think a lot of fans are also excited that Iris West is now African-American. They want to see her be strong and intelligent and a love interest - and so people come out in full force to defend that and honor that. And I think that's cool.”

192. “I train my entire body to be strong. To be a professional athlete, we need every part to be strong - the core, the legs, arms.”

193. “You don't have to be built like Karl Malone to be strong. There are thinner guys who are really strong. Kevin Durant, who I used to work with, has real strength to his body.”

194. “If you only focus on your abdominal wall, your back isn't going to be as strong, and so there's going to be an imbalance in your body. You want them to be strong together and work together, and not have one overcompensate.”

195. “Against West Brom, you are up against very tall defenders, who are very strong, and you have to be strong, too, to keep the ball.”

196. “After an injury, I think you have to be strong mentally.”

197. “I've been fortunate that I have good athletic ability, just in general. Quick, strong, able to bounce off players, trying to be strong in winning tackles, and annoying to play against, pretty much.”

198. “You have to be strong for people when you don't wanna be strong. You have to be clean-showered, clean, clean-cut for people. You have to set an example.”

199. “My advice to new artists is to not follow a trend, but to start one. By that, I mean to not be tempted to do what business people might suggest to you, to jump on the bandwagon, but to be strong.”

200. “If the coach on the sidelines is not that strong, transmitting the kind of spirit he has, players won't always handle it well. Life becomes difficult. But, with Mourinho, everything is good. He knows when to be among his players, as 'one of us' making jokes as a friend, and when to be strong and distant, even severe.”

201. “My philosophy is to be strong and work hard.”

202. “The majority of my problems stem from other people's issues, but when you're a leader or somebody that people look to for guidance or to be a shoulder to lean on, you got to be strong enough to hold all that weight.”

203. “Austria can only be strong if we are not just members of the European Union but also actively help to strengthen the European Union.”

204. “If you play for Manchester United, you have to be strong.”

205. “This sport has given me so much. It has taught me to be strong emotionally and physically.”

206. “No, I never go into a game with any doubts. I always feel confident in my ability, and hopefully I can be strong mentally.”

207. “You have to be strong and calm to overcome difficult moments.”

208. “Some of the centre-backs are 90 kg. I'm only 70-something kilos - so I need to be strong.”

209. “I don't feel like I have to be nice and apologetic all of the time. I'm trying to be strong and fierce.”

210. “Someone asked me what part of the body is the most important to be strong - it's the big toe. The big toe especially, and the inner front-third of your feet, are what give you balance and will make you infinitely better at any sport, any physical activity and, as you get older, will keep you from falling.”

211. “When I want to be strong, I think of Beyonce, for sure.”

212. “Our dad was an iron worker, a really tough guy. He raised us to be strong and stand up for ourselves. Whatever we want, we go and get it. Sometimes, you have to take it.”

213. “Many kids going through tough times watch WWE on TV and tell me that they feel inspired to be strong and brave because of us. That makes me feel the need to be an even better person because I feel like I'm a role model to them, and that's a responsibility I don't take lightly.”

214. “In football, you have to be strong in the head. The mentality is important, and I do have this quality so I can keep going.”

215. “It's difficult when you play the best teams in the world. You have to be strong as a team and defend and get clean sheets.”

216. “Mentally, you have to be strong, particularly in away games at the places where the fans are very passionate.”

217. “If I love Etta James, it's not just the voice, and it's not just the song, but it's the energy that connects me to her, so if she is strong, I can be strong, too, and if she is sad, I know I am not alone, or if she is joyous, I can connect with that joy.”

218. “Women need men to be strong, just as Christ is strong for men.”

219. “I'm constantly trying to be strong, to be calm when things get tough. The biggest part of that is keeping things in perspective, not being afraid of playing long matches, not putting too much pressure on yourself. It can't be all or nothing, right here, right now.”

220. “In today's society, a lot of males think you have to be strong all the time, and you're not allowed to show weakness. That's just so false.”

221. “It's not good for anybody if they're out of a team. No one is happy when they're not playing but the most important thing in that situation is to be strong and to work hard.”

222. “In England, you might have a possession game of six v. six, and it's like headless chickens: people running around everywhere just trying to keep the ball and be strong in tackles. But in Spain, you always stay in your position. You're still in your shape for every drill.”

223. “Guys in the league have grown-man strength. They're not going to move off when you bump them. They know your moves and are going to cut them off. You have to be strong and have counters. You have to slow down.”

224. “It's hard to be dainty and la la la when you're also supposed to be strong.”

225. “We have to be strong in ourselves. Whoever defines themselves only through their opponents risks making their entire programme… dependent on others.”

226. “Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the U.S.A. We have to be strong ourselves to shape the global rules.”

227. “We want to be strong and we want to be in a position to maximise the potential of the players in every game because it's a long season with 46 league games.”

228. “To be able to win one game at Old Trafford or at one of the other strong sides in the country you have to be strong as a squad. You have to have the personality and the character to not fear and to be yourselves.”

229. “Being a parent you want to be strong for your kids and ninety percent of being a parent is not telling the truth.”

230. “I feel like I want to make anime that destroys the norms, something that would be strong, even if it is unconventional.”

231. “It matters a lot to me to be strong and fit.”

232. “While growing up, I have had women around me, be it my mother or aunt, who have individually shown me how to be strong.”

233. “People feel so much more comfortable bullying behind a screen than in person. It gives them a mystique and makes them say things that they would never be strong enough to say in person.”

234. “My mom's coping mechanism was to be strong and resilient. She is very compassionate and nonjudgmental.”

235. “Gracie Jiu Jitsu is the most complete art of self defense there is out there. You don't have to be strong. You don't have to be fast.”

236. “I can be anything I want when I do an album. I can be vulnerable, I can be weak, I can be nasty, I can be strong, I can be good, I can be bad. They're all in there - but in society you don't get to use all these personalities because you're trained.”

237. “I think every player hits a little bit of doubt. But if you are strong, you are supposed to be strong mentally because that's our job and you know what you can do. So you are like, 'A'ight cool, I'ma be all right. I'm going to figure this out.'”

238. “When bombing is going on, you see a lot of people screaming around you and you can't do anything if you're small. You just want to break out of that and be strong.”

239. “As Christians, we must be strong.”

240. “I completely, 100 percent got bullied, and I'd still stick up for myself and try to be strong, but it was always so deeply painful.”

241. “Since my family is in the public eye, we've got to be strong, we've got to support each other, and we've got to stand united.”

242. “I think that's what makes marriage work - when you allow each other to be strong in their chosen profession; when you support each other and love each other.”

243. “For India's sake as much as its own, Bihar needs to be strong again, less vulnerable to the many forces that would deny democracy and curtail choice. Its people are its strength, and have many skills that other states have benefited from.”

244. “Girls should empower themselves and be strong enough to protect themselves.”

245. “When you're at Ferrari, you know your team-mate will be strong.”

246. “A driver has to be strong in his mind anyway to survive in this sport. And if he is mentally not ready at 17, then he is also not ready at 20.”

247. “In key times I performed well against Rafael Nadal regardless of the surface. The fact is you need to hold on as long as possible. You need to be strong in key times. And when there's the slightest opportunity, you need to seize it because he's one of the best players when things get tough.”

248. “The responsibility of a chief is to show solidarity with his people and to be strong with his people.”

249. “When I was playing for Chelsea and Arsenal, we had a young team but also experienced players. You still have space for the youngsters to play, they just have to be strong mentally to compete every week.”

250. “That's where I get my toughness in mind. From my background when I was young, everything I've been through, everything I was going through in my life. It helped me a lot, it helped me to be strong.”

251. “It's okay to have moments where you feel weak; you don't always have to be strong.”

252. “I am so worried about my shoulder, which aches now as I write. The pain is frightening because of its intensity. I want so much to get rid of this pain. I must be strong. I must be strong.”

253. “For the last two years, since I left IMPACT in 2018, I've spent basically the last two years just trying to be healthy, be strong, be ready for when that opportunity comes and I sort of felt like that's what I've been putting into the universe.”

254. “Our national security requires us to be strong and fearless, but not at the cost of personal privacy.”

255. “I wanted to raise my kids to be strong, independent and follow their dreams and be themselves and make choices based on what they want not what the press, management or a record label or I don't care who it is… you stick to what you want and you be who you are and be proud of it.”

256. “If you can do a lot of pull-ups, you don't just appear to be strong. You are strong.”

257. “I don't share photos of people grieving leaving a funeral or outside of a hospital when a loved one is sick… You can do your job and have an opinion and have it be strong, but not be hurtful or cruel.”

258. “We must go to the pitch without any fear. We have to try to compete for three points against every opponent. To do that, we must have courage and be strong.”

259. “I lost three cousins and a best friend, and they all came at the wrong time. Everyone told me to be strong and that they were in a better place. But I didn't want to hear that. They were gone and I will never see them again.”

260. “That's one reason I think the 1,500 is so exciting. You have to be strong, have to be a distance runner. But in that last hundred you are going all out.”

261. “I've got to be strong for my family. I've got to be strong for my kids and everybody.”

262. “Be tough. As a big guy, it's what your teammates expect from you, to be strong. Set good screens offensively and box out at the other end. It's a simple technique. I learned it when I was little.”

263. “The only advise I can give to all the ladies is that don't take any wrong step or harm yourself when you are under depression. Be strong and try to handle it.”

264. “You've got to be healthy and you've got to be strong about what you're doing. Don't be negative about nothing.”

265. “The wonderful part about me and Manek getting engaged is that it has given so many middle-aged people hope who have suddenly realized that love is possible and future relationships can be strong, vibrant and wonderful.”

266. “I don't believe any team to be strong in T20 matches.”

267. “I think every season in pre-season you go into it and everyone is saying, 'they'll be strong next season,' but you never know.”

268. “I prepare myself to be strong, so that my arm is healthy.”

269. “There are not many players about who can go up front and be a target man, be strong, put his body in the way, score goals and then in the game, he can drop off and hit a 30-yard ball through the eye of a needle and knit play together.”

270. “I try to be strong mentally.”

271. “For a midfielder now you have to be strong, fast and see the play very quickly. You have to be very versatile.”

272. “I just have to keep my confidence and be strong.”

273. “Players need to be strong when they have injuries.”

274. “You had to be strong in the head… training, training and training. That is the only way, even if you have big talent.”

275. “We ate at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning, before the race. First a small breakfast with the cheese and the ham and then steaks. It was horrible, but you know, you had to eat steaks to be strong. It was absolutely crazy.”

276. “We will always be strong together because we know love has the power to defeat hate every time.”

277. “There was a time I used to focus on just being skinny, and now I really think about how can I be strong.”

278. “Nothing compares to when you are in coma and you hear voices and think you are dying. Then you come out of the coma and hear more voices saying you will not walk, not play sports, not be normal. And all the time your mind is fighting back saying, you will be strong, you will fight.”

279. “Playing in non-League gave me the resilience. I learned everything there. You needed to fight off hard tackles and I was playing against big men. You learn how to be strong and take them on and learn resilience.”

280. “One of our goals is to encourage other families and parents that their marriage can be strong even if they have kids.”

281. “Generally, I was pretty independent and driven myself. We're like that as a family. Our mentality is to be strong.”

282. “I'll continue to work on my body and find different ways to be creative to be better and be more healthy and be strong and be more fit.”

283. “My parents felt physical activity was massively important for me to be able to have an independent life - I needed to be strong enough to climb up a flight of stairs by myself, they insisted, and they were right.”