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  Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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• It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Strength, Success, Being Strong

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

  Thomas Paine

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

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• What is done in love is done well.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Love, Positivity, Positive Life

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, p. 483, 2006.

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• Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

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• Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, Being Strong, Loneliness

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.33

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• The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

  Leon Trotsky

  Being Strong, Stay Strong, Fall

  Leon Trotsky, George Breitman, George Saunders (1977). “Portraits, political & personal”

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  The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.166, A&C Black

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• We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure.

  Cesar Chavez

  Strength, Struggle, Commitment

  Cesar Chavez, Richard Jay Jensen, John C. Hammerback (2002). “The Words of César Chávez”, p.17, Texas A&M University Press

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• The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Strong, Weakness, Weak

  Marlene Dietrich (1962). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC.”

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• 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

  Thomas Paine

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

  Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.44, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.

  Mike Murdock

  Relationship, Strength, Marriage

  Mike Murdock (2012). “1 Minute Businesswoman's Devotional”, p.28, Wisdom International Inc

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• The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

  Thomas Paine

  Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

  "The American Crisis: The Crisis No. I". Book by Thomas Paine, en.wikisource.org. December 23, 1776.

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• O, do not pray for easy lives.

  Phillips Brooks

  Strength, Being Strong, Stay Strong

  Phillips Brooks (1886). “Visions and Tasks: Sermons Fourth Series”

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• The weak can never forgive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strength, Being Strong, Forgiveness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.155, A&C Black

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• He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Strength, Leadership, Being Strong

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life thoughts gathered from the extemporaneous discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by E.D. Procter”, p.33

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• Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “An Ideal Husband”, p.40, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• It is the business of little minds to shrink.

  Carl Sandburg

  Strength, Being Strong, Perseverance

  Carl Sandburg (1948). “Remembrance Rock”

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• Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Being Strong, Character, Depth

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• There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

  Richard E. Byrd

  Strength, Dwelling, Weakness

  Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.189, Island Press

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• Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge one of the leaves that have fallen in autumn? But the wise man avenges by building his city in snow.

  Wallace Stevens

  Wise, Fall, Autumn

  Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens”, p.158, Vintage

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• This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.476, Manonmani Publishers

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• Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Running, Weakness, Strength In Adversity

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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• My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Inspirational, Strength, Heart

  "Sir Galahad" l. 3 (1842)

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• I can not help it; as I draw near to you, you, in your turn will draw near to others, and learn the rapture of that cruelty, which yet is love; so, for a while, seek to know no more of me and mine, but trust me with all your loving spirit.

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

  Spirit, Helping, Trust Me

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (2016). “In a Glass Darkly: Horror Collections”, p.240, 谷月社

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