“I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksMeanCertainGirlFightingWeakBoxingSurprising Author:Brittany Snow
“If the people are victorious against the government, the nation will be weak; if the government is victorious against the people, the military will have strength. [thus they] will have the means by which they may fight, and thus ascend to supremacy.” PeopleIfsMayMeanGovernmentFightingNationsMilitaryWeakSupremacyHaving Strength Author:Shang Yang
“Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.” MeanDoeSelfFactsMotivationalPrinciplesStandingWeakHumbleOppositionRecognizingBe HumbleStand Firm Book:The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything Source: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
“My daddy says that when you do somethin' to distract you from your worstest fears, it's like whistlin' past the graveyard. You know, making a racket to keep the scaredness and the ghosts away. He says that's how we get by sometimes. But it's not weak, like hidin'...it's strong. It means you're able to go on.” KnowsMeanSometimesAblePastStrongGoes OnWeakGhostDaddyGraveyardRacket Author:Susan Crandall
“I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.” GivingFeelsMeanLittlesBreakMinutesWeakLipsChecksI've LearnedWickedShakesGoing AwayBreak OutHasty Book:Little Women (Illustrated Edition) Source: Little Women (Illustrated Edition)
“Great military leaders have to sacrifice soldiers; great captains of industry have to sacrifice people. You can't only look after the poor, and the weak, and the disabled. You've got to do what's best for the community, and that often means sacrificing innocent people.” PeopleLooksMeanCommunityPoorLeaderSacrificeMilitaryIndustryWeakSoldierInnocentCaptainsDisabledGreat MilitaryMilitary LeaderCaptains Of Industry Author:David Nasaw
“Whereas, according to the declaration of that true man of the world Talleyrand, the use of language is to conceal the thoughts; this is to declare in the present instance, when I say I am not able to bear much talking, it means really, and without any mistake, or equivocation, or oblique meaning, or implication, or subterfuge, or omission, that I am not able; being at present rather weak in the head, and able to work no more.” MenWorldMeanUseAbleLanguageMistakeTalkingBearsWeakInstanceDeclarationImplicationsOmissionTrue ManUse Of LanguageSubterfuge Author:Michael Faraday