Stronger Quotes - Page 17

• Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.

  Bill Hybels

  Christian, Character, Compassion

  "Too Busy Not to Pray". Book by Bill Hybels, 1994.

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• You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

  Nastia Liukin

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• For example, both humans and chimps have a broken copy of a gene that in other mammals helps make vitamin C. ... It's hard to imagine how there could be stronger evidence for common ancestry of chimps and humans. ... Despite some remaining puzzles, there's no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives.

  Michael Behe

  Broken, Doubt, Mammals

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• The law is the survival of the fittest.... The law is not the survival of the 'better' or the 'stronger,' if we give to those words any thing like their ordinary meanings. It is the survival of those which are constitutionally fittest to thrive under the conditions in which they are placed; and very often that which, humanly speaking, is inferiority, causes the survival.

  Herbert Spencer

  Law, Giving, Survival

  "Mr. Martineau on Evolution" (1872) See Darwin 7; Philander Johnson 1; Herbert Spencer 5

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• And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.

  Al Franken

  Fun, Book, Writing

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• Truly human leadership protects an organization from the internal rivalries that can shatter a culture. When we have to protect ourselves from each other, the whole organization suffers. But when trust and cooperation thrive internally, we pull together and the organization grows stronger as a result.

  Simon Sinek

  Organization, Suffering, Together

  Simon Sinek (2014). “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't”, p.18, Penguin

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• Steady faith is stronger than destiny. Destiny is the result of causes, mostly accidental, and is therefore loosely woven. Confidence and good hope will overcome it easily.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Destiny, Overcoming, Woven

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• People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

  Tayari Jones

  People, Sometimes, Enough

  Tayari Jones (2012). “Silver Sparrow”, p.340, Algonquin Books

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• Studies show that over 80 percent of Americans do not have their dream job. If more knew how to build organizations that inspire, we could live in a world in which that statistic was the reverse - a world in which over 80 percent of people loved their jobs. People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families. They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies.

  Simon Sinek

  Dream, Jobs, Home

  Simon Sinek (2009). “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action”, p.14, Penguin

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• Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.

  Suzanne Collins

  President Snow, Games, Katniss

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• I'd like to think humans have a stronger sense of justice than the random forces of nature do.

  Dan Wells

  Thinking, Justice, Force

  Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.83, HarperCollins UK

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• There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

  Jules Verne

  Impossible, Obstacles

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• The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Girl, Stars, Moon

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.210, Scholastic UK

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• It's not all been rosy; I've had difficult situations where I've failed. But when you fail you learn a lot about yourself and come back stronger. The message is: life need not have limits. Having an opportunity in life is important but what defines you is what you do with that opportunity.

  Richard Whitehead

  Opportunity, Difficult Situations, Important

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• I feel like the health industry is getting nothing but stronger every day.

  Karen Carpenter

  Feels, Industry

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• Faith is stronger than so-called reality.

  Hermann Hesse

  Reason

  "Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays".

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• You aren't going to go crazy," I said firmly. "You're stronger than you think. The next time you feel that way, find something to focus on, to remind you of who are." "Like what? Got some magic object in mind?" "Doesn't have to be magic," I said. I racked my brain. "Here." I unfastened the golden cross necklace. "This has always been good for me. Maybe it'll help you." I set it in his hand, but he caught hold of mine before I could pull back

  Richelle Mead

  Crazy, Thinking, Hands

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• The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

  Aaron T. Beck

  Noise, Defining, Problem

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• Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Kindness, Exercise, Compassion

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, November 2, 2009.

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• Pain never really goes away; you just elevate and get used to it by growing stronger.

  Philippos Syrigos

  Pain, Growing Stronger, Simple Life

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• The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.

  Colin Powell

  Stress, Ties, Occasional

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• When a person hasn't in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog's bark in every sound.

  Anton Chekhov

  Dog, Order, Bird

  "A Dreary Story". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1889.

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• You are my heart, my soul,” he said, his arms going around my waist and holding me tightly. “As you are mine,” I repeated. The magic in the air got stronger, thrumming through the forest, matching the rhythm of our breathing, matching the beating of our hearts. “Dance with me, this night and for the rest of our nights,” he said. “For as long as the moon shines in the sky and for as long as we live underneath her.

  Keri Arthur

  Heart, Night, Moon

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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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• Yes, death is strong, but look you, the strongest, Stronger is music than death.

  Franz Werfel

  Music, Strong, Looks

  Franz Werfel (1945). “Poems”

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