"Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength."

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"Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength."

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"Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Strength, Belief, Self-Confidence, Mindset

"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."

Robert Shea, American Author

Strength, Heroes, Key, Tragedy

"A conviction borne of God amply possesses the potency and power to brazenly reach beyond the possible in order to topple the impossible."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Strength, Conviction, Faith, Truth, Power

"Take a shower, wash off the day. Drink a glass of water. Make the room dark. Lie down and close your eyes.Notice the silence. Notice your heart. Still beating. Still fighting. You made it, after all. You made it, another day. And you can make it one more. You're doing just fine."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Strength, Peace, Healing, Hope, Resilience

"Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Strength, Character, Difficulty

"I should need to be a herd of elephants, I thought, and a wilderness of spiders, desperately referring to the animals that are reputed longest lived and most multitudinously eyed, to cope with all of this."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Strength, Animals, Survival, Endurance

"Merciful Heavens! but what do I care for the laws of nature and arithmetic, when, for some reason I dislike those laws and the fact that twice two makes four? Of course I cannot break through the wall by battering my head against it if I really have not the strength to knock it down, but I am not going to be reconciled to it simply because it is a stone wall and I have not the strength."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

Strength, Limit, Resistance, Will

"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Criticism, Lies, Weakness

"The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Firmness, Mercy

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Control, Enemies

Explore more quotes by Jane Byrne

"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."

Government

"I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago."

Life

"Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation."

Business

"Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline."

Leadership

"The people of Chicago are a proud people - and for good reason."

People

"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."

Nation

"The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead."

Business

"But I am committed to keeping this city a strong and viable center for commerce and industry, for continuing to make it a place of opportunity for its citizens."

Opportunity

"I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago."

People

"City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference."

Meritocracy