Strength Quotes - Page 18

• So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness; Sometimes one is up and sometimes down. Therefore the sage avoids extremes, excesses, and complacency.

  Laozi

  Breathing, Balance, Weakness

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Our strength grows out of our weakness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Positive, Encouragement, Weakness

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.298, Library of America

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• Rule your mind or it will rule you.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

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• Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.

  Liberace

  Motivational, Meaningful, Believe

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• I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil. I am the Pure and Blessed One. We must reject all thoughts that assert to the contrary.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Blessed, Fate, Evil

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.650, Manonmani Publishers

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• Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.

  Hermann Hesse

  Life, Demand, Certain

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• Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

  Francis Bacon

  Armor, Fortitude, Reason

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• It is a strength of character to acknowledge our failings and our strong points, and it is a weakness of character not to remain in harmony with both the good and the bad that is within us.

  Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

  Strong, Character, Weakness

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• He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Inspirational, Being Strong, Stay Strong

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• Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one.

  John W. Vessey, Jr.

  War, Self, Political

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• You are the creator of your own destiny

  Swami Vivekananda

  Destiny, Atman, Creator

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.159, Vivekananda Kendra

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• Strong women wear their pain like stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all you see is the beauty of it.

  Harriet Morgan

  Strong Women, Hurt, Pain

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• A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strong, Mean, Recognition

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• Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspirational, Time, Army

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  Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

  Sun Tzu

  Peace, War, Congratulations

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.57, Shambhala Publications

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• Hard times don't create heroes.
  It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

  Bob Riley

  Hero, Hard Times, Martial Arts

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• Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

  Abdul Kalam

  Young Generation, Climbing, Careers

  Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari (1999). “Wings of Fire: An Autobiography”, p.90, Universities Press

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• Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.

  David Gemmell

  Hero, Simple, People

  David Gemmell (2009). “Dark Moon”, p.184, Random House

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• In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, War, Choices

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953”, p.5, Best Books on

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• One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wisdom

  A Thousand and One Epigrams (1911)

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• In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

  Laurence Sterne

  Wisdom, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• I'm not going to lie down and let trouble walk over me.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Lying, Down And, Trouble

  Ellen Glasgow (1935). “Vein of Iron”

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• These are the days for strong men to courageously expose wrong.

  Powell Clayton

  Strong, Men, Strong Man

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• The most exciting place to discover talent is in yourself.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Talent, Exciting

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