I learned that it is the weak who are cruel and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

A single twig breaks but the bundle of twigs is strong.

There are dark shadows on the earth but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

When adversity strikes that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back stay strong stay grounded and press on.

When we long for life without difficulties remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness nothing so gentle as real strength.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength move on.

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn as obstinate as passionate as crazy as the other.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars.

The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball football soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.

Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.

We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy let's make it amateur again.

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.