Strength Quotes - Page 12

• Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.

  Walter Scott

  Lines, Given, Lofty

  Walter Scott, James Reed (2003). “Selected Poems”, p.70, Psychology Press

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• Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

  Maggie Kuhn

  Disappointment, Age, Triumph

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• We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Enough, Misfortunes Of Others, Endure

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• Art that has depth makes a strong impact on the spirit, emotion, mood and thoughts of a human being.

  Li Shan

  Art, Strong, Impact

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• America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Military, America, Democracy

  Farewell Address, delivered 17 January 1961

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• My family is my strength and my weakness.

  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

  Family, Weakness, My Family

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• I worshipped dead men for their strength, Forgetting I was strong.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Strong, Warrior, Men

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• Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

  James M. Barrie

  Children, Passion, Lust

  "The Little Minister". Book by James Matthew Barrie, p. 143, 1891.

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• If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Educational, Teaching, Learning

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.

  Aruna Roy

  Responsibility, People, Community

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• Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.

  John Milton

  Truth, Wind, Play

  Areopagitica (1644) See OliverWendell Holmes, Jr. 28

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• The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment

  Dorian Yates

  Mistake, Motivational Workout, Bodybuilding

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• It's easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about the problem. But once you know, once you've seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility to do something. There is strength in numbers, and if we all work together as a team, we can be unstoppable.

  Craig Kielburger

  Teamwork, Eye, Responsibility

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• There is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift

  Jon Pall Sigmarsson

  Bodybuilding, Alive, No Point

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• Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

  Herman Melville

  Literature, Way, Faults

  Herman Melville, Lynn Horth (1993). “Correspondence”, p.196, Northwestern University Press

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• Fortunately for themselves and the world, nearly all men are cowards and dare not act on what they believe. Nearly all our disasters come of a few fools having the "courage of their convictions."

  Coventry Patmore

  Believe, Men, Coward

  Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Respect, Patriotic, Ethics

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.17

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• Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

  George Sand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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• If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Tears, Plebeians

  'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [174]

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• No man is infinitely strong; for every creature that runs, flies, hops or crawls there is a terminal nemesis which he will not circumvent, which will finally do him in.

  Philip K. Dick

  Running, Strong, Men

  Philip K. Dick (2011). “The VALIS Trilogy”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

  Andrei Sakharov

  Perseverance, Critical Spirit, Belief

  "Andrei Sakharov/ Biographical". www.nobelprize.org.

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• Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

  James Russell Lowell

  Wisdom, Men, Moderation

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.147

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• The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of our island.

  William Blackstone

  Islands, Royal Wedding, Navy

  Commentaries on the Laws of England bk. 1, ch. 13 (1765)

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• He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

  William Shakespeare

  Memorable, Stronger, Affirmation

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• There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.

  George MacDonald

  Giving, Shining, Might

  George MacDonald (2015). “MALCOLM & THE MARQUIS’S SECRET: Complete Marquise of Lossie Collection (Adventure Classic): The Fisherman's Lady”, p.671, e-artnow

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