Ara Parseghian Quotes

No force can conquer the service personnel and people who, in support of their great leader, have turned out in the struggle to defend their country with confidence in the validity of their cause and their own strength - this is a law and a truth taught by history.

Scilurus on his death-bed, being about to leave four-score sons surviving, offered a bundle of darts to each of them, and bade them break them. When all refused, drawing out one by one, he easily broke them, thus teaching them that if they held together, they would continue strong; but if they fell out and were divided, they would become weak.

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

Numbers do not constitute strength, better the few who conquered at Marathon, than the vast host led to oppose them. A house divided within itself must fall, a small serried column confident in its strength, knowing the devotedness of each within it, and carried along as one man by a settled purpose can break through the advance ranks of a wavering unsteady soldiery, obeying various impulses and distrustful of each other.

When I make a fist, it's strong, and you can't tear it apart. As long as there's unity, there's strength.

I would fight till I'm dead. This is why I am here. I am put on Earth to fight. I feel it deep in my waters.

Let the sky fall, when it crumbles - We will stand tall - Face it all together

But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.

After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything.

Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it.

We emerged from the events of September 11 more steadfast in our beliefs, more courageous in our actions and more determined to protect our values than ever before.

It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa.

We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash-test dummy behind!

I think America needs lots of tough people. Not just me. I think America needs to get tougher, all of us.

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will.

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.

It's a tragedy, but with your support and your help we will wage this fight and we're going to win it.

Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family.

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.