Formidable Quotes

• Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

  Ronald Reagan

  Courage, War, Patriotic

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

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  A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.73, Pan Macmillan

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• Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

  George Washington

  Military, War, 4th Of July

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.24, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Inspirational, Romantic

  Barbara De Angelis (1997). “Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments”, Fine Communications

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• The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Teamwork, Power, Focus

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• No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Science, Journey, Reality

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• A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Education

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• The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

  Thomas Paine

  Trust, Motivation, Mistake

  Thomas Paine (1852). “The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology”, p.3

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• Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Grace, Mixtures

  "Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes".

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• The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Journey, Self, Creating

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• The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Respect

  1970 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, ch.34

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• It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

  James F. Cooper

  Men, Fire, Views

  "The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America". Book by James F. Cooper, 1838.

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• Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.

  Henry Knox

  Government, Uprising, Names

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• Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

  Francesca Annis

  Jobs, Children, Erotic

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• China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just a few years from now, China will rival the U.S. and the European Union in global market power. It already has surpassed us in population.

  Jo Ann Emerson

  Years, Europe, Population

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• Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Education, Teaching, Knowledge

  'Lacon' (1820) vol. 1, no. 322

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• Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe.

  Douglas Hurd

  Europe, Germany, Economic

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• The month of January, we were number one. Now, this is something we're proud of, because we recognize we're up against a formidable operation there at CNN.

  Brit Hume

  Numbers, Cnn, Literature

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• The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Mother, Jobs, Wall

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• It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

  Eric Hoffer

  Fear, Power, Terrorism

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Government, Long, Political

  'Coningsby' (1844) bk. 2, ch. 1

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• The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.

  Eric Hoffer

  Believe, Evil, Doubt

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Interior design is a travesty of the architectural process and a frightening condemnation of the credulity, helplessness and gullibility of the most formidable consumers - the rich.

  Stephen Bayley

  Design, Rich, Process

  Stephen Bayley (1991). “Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things”, Pantheon

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• You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.

  George Eliot

  Strong, Argument, Command

  George Eliot (1866). “Felix Holt: The Radical”, p.33

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• I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable, giant personality such as Hitchcock; he was one of the great geniuses of world cinema. Sheer genius.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Insecure, Personality, Giants

  "Anthony Hopkins Discusses the Insecurities He Felt Playing ‘Hitchcock’ and How Darren Aronofsky Fared On the Set of ‘Noah’" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. November 22, 2012.

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