Strength Quotes - Page 20

• The happiest life is that which constantly exercises and educates what is best in us.

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton

  Exercise, Development And Growth, Personal Growth

  Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1875). “The Intellectual Life”, p.396

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• Our body is not made of iron. Our strength is not that of stone. Live and hope in the Lord, and let your service be according to reason.

  Clare of Assisi

  Iron, Body, Stones

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• I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

  Etty Hillesum

  Fear, Thinking, People

  Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.535, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Weapons, Firsts, Needs

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  Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Rhythm of Life : Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose" by Matthew Kelly, (p. 80), 2004.

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• Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Being Strong, Fantasy Novels, Roots

  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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• If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.

  George Muller

  Christian, Opportunity, Desire

  George Muller (2005). “Release The Power Of Prayer”, p.26, Whitaker House

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• Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Change, Inspiring, Stay Strong

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• Let each man exercise the art he knows.

  Aristophanes

  Art, Life Changing, Exercise

  Aristophanes (1960). “Aristophanes”

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• And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.

  William J. H. Boetcker

  Leadership, Peace, Men

  "Ten Cannots". Book by William J. H. Boetcker, 1916.

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• If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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  When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

  LL Cool J

  Stay Strong, Adversity, Steps

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• You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.

  Ken Kesey

  Being Strong, Stay Strong, Funny Things

  Ken Kesey (2016). “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”, p.123, Hamilton Books

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• Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

  George S. Patton

  Life, Courage, Bad Day

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• I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

  Harriet Tubman

  Fighting, Long, Liberty

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• Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Happiness, Strong

  The Mysterious Stranger ch. 10 (1916)

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• It's so easy to laugh,
  It's so easy to hate,
  It takes guts to be gentle and kind.

  Steven Morrissey

  Laughter, Kindness, Hate

  "Song: 'I Know It's Over'". 1986.

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• The future doesn't belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Light, Bravery

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• I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

  Oscar Wilde

  Emotional, Use, Want

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.85, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery, and you shall live a life uncommon.

  Jewel

  Regret, Love Life, Voice

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• For this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule.

  Matthew Arnold

  Kings, Soul, Guilty

  Matthew Arnold (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)”, p.366, Delphi Classics

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• Suffering = Pain x Resistance

  Shinzen Young

  Pain, Work Out, Suffering

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• The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious value with which they have to deal. All spiritual life meets us within natural life. Reverence for life, therefore, is applied to natural life and spiritual life alike. In the parable of Jesus, the shepherd saves not merely the soul of the lost sheep but the whole animal. The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Life, Spiritual, Jesus

  Albert Schweitzer, Charles Rhind Joy (1947). “Albert Schweitzer: An Anthology”, Boston : Beacon Press

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• I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.

  Ally Condie

  Wonder, Matched, Ifs

  Ally Condie (2011). “Matched”, p.113, Penguin

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• I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

  Richelle Mead

  Fighting, Thinking, Complaining

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Bloodlines”, p.196, Penguin

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