Weak And Strong Quotes

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Orison Swett Marden

Inspirational, Strength, Strong

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A strong man can handle a strong woman. A weak man will say she has an attitude problem

Boonaa Mohammed

Strong Women, Attitude, Weak Man

Twitter post from Dec 15, 2013

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You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

William J. H. Boetcker

Strength, Strong, Don't Give Up

"The Industrial Decalogue" (1916). These "ten cannots" are frequently, but falsely, attributed to Abraham Lincoln.

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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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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Thomas Carlyle

Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Hermann Hesse

Love, Life, Strength

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

Louisa May Alcott

Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

John C. Maxwell

Being Strong, Wisdom, Stay Strong

John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Leadership”, p.18, David C Cook

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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Mahatma Gandhi

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Sun Tzu

Life, Strength, Wisdom

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Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.

Albert Einstein

Strong, Revenge, Intelligent

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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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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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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Calvin Coolidge

Strength, Peace, Strong

Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

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Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Strength, Being Strong, Fantasy Novels

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

Pearl Cleage

Being Strong, Men, Weak Man

Pearl Cleage (2011). “Just Wanna Testify: A Novel”, p.153, One World

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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

George Washington Carver

Inspirational, Funny, Life

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The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!

Anne Frank

Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

Anne Frank, General Press (2016). “The Diary of a Young Girl”, p.136, GENERAL PRESS

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All that is gold does not glitter.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Being Strong, Travel, Fantasy Novels

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.

Karl Kraus

Motivational, Success, Strong

Karl Kraus (1976). “Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms”

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Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Orison Swett Marden

Strength, Strong, Men

Orison Swett Marden (2013). “The Wisdom of Orison Swett Marden”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

Masaru Emoto

Inspirational, Beautiful, Being Strong

Masaru Emoto (2005). “The Secret Life of Water”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending

William J. H. Boetcker

Strong, Men, Libertarian

"The Industrial Decalogue" (1916). These "ten cannots" are frequently, but falsely, attributed to Abraham Lincoln.

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I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

Veronica Roth

Strong, Littles, Tobias

Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.18, HarperCollins

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I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and women, beasts and demons.

Tanith Lee

Strong, Writing, Men

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