Sentence examples for strength instead of from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Traske thinks perhaps that all the time Della had been taking strength instead of giving it as the young men thought.

It would have been all the more impressive for Kenya if its arch-rival Ethiopia had been at full strength instead of missing its two established leaders, Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba.

After some deliberation we then decided to redo our dormer roof structure, spacing our over-specified roof timbers at 300mm for strength instead of 350mm as we'd originally planned.

"He thinks the Knicks should be under the cap no matter what the scenario is," Coach Mike D'Antoni said of Walsh, "and then deal from strength, instead of being handicapped with certain moves".

Laurent Blanc, France's coach, had spoken of the risks of playing to an opponent's strength instead of playing to Les Bleus' own advantages, but in this case he apparently felt he had no choice.

They created a permanent outside opposition to the Chinese regime that with the same implacability as the regime itself – but by argument, organisation, and moral strength instead of armed force and bullying – is set on winning the argument for the liberation of China.

When you start to play off each other's strengths instead of worrying about weaknesses, you get good results".

This will include helping companies "train the next generation of quiet leaders" by "drawing on their natural strengths instead of asking them to turn into extroverts".

"You tend to go to your strengths instead of weaknesses at a time like that, and that's a good sign".

In his letters to her, he made a point to acknowledge her strengths instead of just reprimanding her for her weaknesses.

Both books are based on the notion -- backed by 25 years of research by Gallup, the consulting and public polling company -- that most successful people build on strengths instead of correcting weaknesses.