I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who... →
Anais Nin
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
When I first started acting, somebody once said to me that anything that is a problem that prevents you from getting a job will eventually be a... →
Tom Noonan
When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to... →
Henri Nouwen
Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself.
Joseph Nye
It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female... →
Meghan O'Rourke
I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded... →
Michelle Obama
The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength... →
Sadaharu Oh
With speed skating, it's like doing one-legged squats over and over again, with that one leg absorbing more than 80 percent of your weight. It... →
Apolo Ohno
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them.... →
Frederick Law Olmsted