I know my strengths. Painfully aware of the weaknesses. There's many. I love sports. So working towards a common goal that's exciting to me.

Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

The real man smiles in trouble gathers strength from distress and grows brave by reflection.

Nations are equal in respect to each other and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government religion or manners.

What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion that old singing that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being of my writing.

What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids my health-care team and my religion.

I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps you lift heavy weight as heavy as you can handle and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America.

It may be that religion is dead and if it is we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.