Not Strong Enough Quotes - Page 2

• It is tempting to call for better leadership, but we probably expect too much from the leaders of the nations. Those nations are too big, the connections not strong enough, the commitment to the future not long enough. It is better to look smaller, to our now-smaller organisations, to local communities and cities, to families and clusters of friends, to small networks of portfolio people with time to give to something bigger than themselves. We have to fashion our own directions in our own places.

  Charles Handy

  Inspirational, Fashion, Strong

  Charles Handy (1995). “The Age of Paradox”, Harvard Business Press

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• It is true I do not like fire. But Leo Valdez's flames are not strong enough to trouble me." Somewhere behind Hazel, a soft, lyrical voice said, "What about my flames, old friend?" "You," he said from Percy's mouth. "Me," Hecate agreed. "It has been millennia since I fought at the side of a demigod. What do you say? Shall we play with fire?

  Rick Riordan

  Strong, Play, Voice

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• Terrorists do not actually need nuclear weapons. They have been conveniently supplied with 103 nuclear power plants scattered throughout the United States (438 of these deadly facilities exist throughout the world). A planned meltdown at one of these facilities would make the World Trade Center attacks seem like child's play. The massive concrete containers protecting the reactors are not strong enough to withstand the impact of a jumbo jet.

  Helen Caldicott

  Strong, Children, War

  Helen Caldicott (2013). “The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex”, p.12, The New Press

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• I can't believe that Hillary Clinton wants the world to think that whenever she gets into political trouble, she's going to have her husband come roaring about, breaking furniture, sucking up oxygen, spewing carbon dioxide. My impression is that she's strong enough to defend herself - she certainly showed that in the recent Democratic debate. But apparently she's not strong enough to control Mr. Bill. And if that's the case, any sane voter would have to think twice before enabling this sort of circus act in the White House.

  Joe Klein

  Strong, Husband, Believe

  "Klein: A 'circus act in the White House'?" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. January 24, 2008.

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• A Marathon is not about running, it is about salvation. We spend so much of our lives doubting ourselves, thinking we're not good enough, not strong enough, not made of the right stuff. The Marathon is an opportunity for redemption. "Opportunity," because the outcome is uncertain. "Opportunity," because it is up to you, and only you, to make it happen; only you can turn your farfetched dream into a reality.

  Dean Karnazes

  Running, Dream, Strong

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• The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

  Roger L'Estrange

  Strong, Soil, Sun

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• Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is the power to maintain insight alive in every moment, so that every speech, every word, every act will bear the nature of that insight. It is a question of cleaning. And you clean better if you are surrounded by those who are practicing exactly the same.

  Nhat Hanh

  Strong, Buddhism, Practice

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Bell Hooks, www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they're not strong enough to do the same.

  Matthew Quick

  Strong, Average, Talking

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• My Greek mythology is not strong enough.

  Karl Rove

  Strong, Greek, Enough

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Strong, Mind, Reason

  'Man and Superman' (1903) 'Maxims: Reason'

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• Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.

  Henry Ford

  Strong, Business, Believe

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• What is certainty but the refuge of those whose faith is not strong enough to entertain doubt.

  Robert Breault

  Faith, Strong, Doubt

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• There are people who have an appetite for grief; pleasure is not strong enough and they crave pain. They have mithridatic stomachs which must be fed on poisoned bread, natures so doomed that no prosperity can sooth their ragged and dishevelled desolation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Pain, Grief

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). “The Power of Emerson's Wisdom”

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• Why do men like me want sons? he wondered. It must be because they hope in their poor beaten souls that these new men, who are their blood, will do the things they were not strong enough nor wise enough nor brave enough to do. It is rather like another chance at life; like a new bag of coins at a table of luck after your fortune is gone.

  John Steinbeck

  Wise, Strong, Son

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History”, p.41, Penguin

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• Superhuman power is not strong enough.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Strong, Power, Enough

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.479, Manonmani Publishers

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• Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.

  Arsene Wenger

  Soccer, Strong, Fighting

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• Oh, Jason, I couldn't get my locker open...I know, I tried twisting it right, then left, but it wouldn't budge. I guess I'm just not strong enough. Could you help me? Please? Oh, great. Oh, Jason, you're so strong... Seriously? That was me now? On the other hand , a guy was following me.

  Meg Cabot

  Strong, Hands, Guy

  Meg Cabot (2010). “Airhead Book 3: Runaway”, p.166, Scholastic Inc.

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• What is happening now is that the number of people who are not strong enough or do not feel strong enough to decide to live without the security provided by the community or the state, is going up.

  Zygmunt Bauman

  Strong, Numbers, People

  Interview with Marcelo Dimentstein, Alberto Senderey, Andy Spokoiny and Shira Shnitzer, leatid.org. February 2009.

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