Strength Weakness Quotes

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

Henry Ward Beecher

Inspirational, Strength, Success

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

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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Marcus Aurelius (2015). “Meditations”, p.116, Lulu.com

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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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Our strength grows out of our weakness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Positive, Strength, Encouragement

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

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Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

John F. Kennedy

Inspirational, Life, Strength

"Twenty Sermons". Book by Phillips Brooks, p. 330, 1886.

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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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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Helen Keller

Strength, Being Strong, Encouragement

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

"Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

Eleanor Roosevelt

Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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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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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

Oprah Winfrey

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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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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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

Corrie Ten Boom

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

Drew Barrymore

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

Vernon Howard

Inspirational, Strength, Strong

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Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Billy Graham

Strength, Christian, Self

Billy Graham (2010). “Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Ernest Hemingway

Inspirational, Life, Strength

Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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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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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Michael Jordan, Walter Iooss, Mark Vancil (1995). “I'm back!: more rare air”, Harpercollins

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