Strong Enough Quotes

• Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Thank You, Strong, Children

  Douglas MacArthur, Edward T. Imparato (2001). “General MacArthur: Wisdom and Visions”, p.158, Turner Publishing Company

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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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• 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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  Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

  Og Mandino

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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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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• Well, for one thing, the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. We're teaching the wrong things. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it. Create your own. Most people can't do it.

  Mitch Albom

  Strong, Teaching, People

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.35, Broadway Books

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• It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside my control, to attack the enemies or outrun them. To avoid the pain. Always human and weak, the only thing I'd ever been able to do was keep going. Endure. Survive.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Strong, Pain, Twilight

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  I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Strong, Mistake

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• Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

  Deb Caletti

  Family, Marriage, Being Strong

  Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

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• When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

  Napoleon Hill

  Positive, Being Strong, Dream

  Napoleon Hill (2013). “The Law of Success”, p.295, Courier Corporation

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• Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.

  Brenda Strong

  Strong, Mean, Roots

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• Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.

  John Bingham

  Running, Strong, Believe

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• Sometimes you have a flash of insight, but it's not strong enough to survive. Therefore in the practice of Buddhism, samadhi is the power to maintain insight alive in every moment, so that every speech, every word, every act will bear the nature of that insight. It is a question of cleaning. And you clean better if you are surrounded by those who are practicing exactly the same.

  Nhat Hanh

  Strong, Buddhism, Practice

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Bell Hooks, www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• God isn't a talent scout looking for someone who is "good enough" or "strong enough." He is looking for someone with a heart set on Him, and He will do the rest.

  Vance Havner

  Strong, Heart, Talent

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• Fright is something one can never get over. When a warrior is caught in such a tight spot he would simply turn his back to the ally without thinking twice. A warrior cannot indulge thus he cannot die of fright. A warrior allows the ally to come only when he is good and ready. When he is strong enough to grapple with the ally he opens up his gap and lurches out, grabs the ally, keeps him pinned down and maintains his stare on him for exactly the time he has to, then he moves his eyes away and releases the ally and lets him go. A warrior, my little friend, is the master at all times

  Carlos Castaneda

  Strong, Moving, Eye

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• A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

  Walther Rathenau

  Strong, Men, Perfection

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• I want my foundation built, and I want to be strong enough to deal with everything coming my way.

  Kirko Bangz

  Strong, Foundation, Want

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• You must have an iron will, if you would cross the ocean. You must be strong enough to pierce mountains.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Strong, Ocean

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.205, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they're not strong enough to do the same.

  Matthew Quick

  Strong, Average, Talking

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• Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.

  David Brinkley

  Travel, Strong, Home

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• If you are strong enough, you can enjoy even in the middle of a storm!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Strong, Storm, Enough

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• Sometimes the song isn't strong enough to contain the fiction, because memories are fictions.

  Nick Cave

  Song, Strong, Memories

  Interview with Andrew Dominik, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 30, 2013.

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• Nobody is strong enough to not be influenced.

  Fiona Apple

  Strong, Enough

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. June 4, 2012.

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• The object of defense is preservation; and since it is easier to hold ground than to take it, defense is easier than attack. But defense has a passive purpose: preservation; and attack a positive one: conquest.... If defense is the stronger form of war, yet has a negative object, it follows that it should be used only so long as weakness compels, and be abandoned as soon as we are strong enough to pursue a positive object.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Strong, War, Long

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• But I like to know that someone is stronger than I am. I want to be able to know that if I get tired, somebody is there to hold up the fort. I like knowing that I can't pick a refrigerator alone. God did not make me strong enough to do that.

  Donna Summer

  Strong, Tired, Knowing

  "Donna Summer Revealed Her #1 Sex Fantasy & U Won’t Believe What She Said!". Penthouse Interview, www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com. September 13, 2015.

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