Strong

Famous quotes containing the word strong:

“Jesus our brother, strong and good,
Was humbly born in a stable rude,
And the friendly beasts around Him stood,
Jesus our brother, strong and good.
“I”, said the donkey, shaggy and brown”
—Unknown. The Friendly Beasts (l. 1–5)

“Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“The strong sunlight, the wind from the sea,
all the conditions of its existence,
may have flaked off the paint, if ever it was painted,
and made it homelier than it was.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)