There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
In many ways, American evangelicalism is somewhat stronger today than it was in, say 1955 - certainly more mainstream and influential in the culture as a whole. But, the increased strength of evangelicalism hasn't increased fast enough to compensate for the total collapse of mainline Protestantism and the pretty steady weakening of my own Roman Catholic Church.
When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work.
She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.
Love was like the waves in the sea, gentle and good sometimes, rough and terrible at others, but that it was endless and stronger than the sky and earth and everything in between.
I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody.
I think that it feels really good to be recognized in a sense of being nominated for Grammys and things like that, but part of it is, we spent a lot of time on our own making music: seven or eight years and nobody really paid attention. It feels good. We also learned to not pay too much attention to things like that, and I think it made us stronger.
In other cases, when the medium becomes entranced, the demonstration of a communicator's separate intelligence may become stronger and the sophistication less.
That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.
He can have heart, he can hit harder and he can be stronger, but there's no fighter smarter than me.
Just be nice to other girls because as a force we are a whole lot stronger when we stick together.
The more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become.
Intellect is stronger than cannon.
What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger
Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.
My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak. " I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.
There is no right to punish. There is only the power to punish,' she wrote. 'A man is punished for his crime because the State is stronger than he; the great crime of War is not punished because beyond the individual there is mankind, and beyond mankind there is nothing at all.
I was bullied every second of every day in elementary and middle school. Obviously, people are going to bring you down because of your drive. But, ultimately, it makes you a stronger person to turn your cheek and go the other way.
Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.
Somehow I always get stronger when I'm on my second drink