Strongest Quotes

• The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sympathy

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• One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

  John Foster

  Motivation, Work, Responsibility

  John Foster (1849). “The life and thoughts of John Foster”, p.266

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• The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Strength, Loneliness, Men

  Henrik Ibsen (2016). “An Enemy of the People”, p.125, Henrik Ibsen

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  You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• The strongest relationships are between two people who can live without each other but don't want to.

  Harriet Lerner

  Two, People, Want

  Harriet Lerner (2012). “Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up”, p.169, Penguin

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• It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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  The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Fear, Halloween, Scary

  H. P. Lovecraft (2014). “Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audiobooks (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations)”, p.11, Ageless Reads

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• Invisible threads are the strongest ties.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Wise, Wisdom, Nature

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• The strongest passion is fear.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Passion

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• The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Patience, Time, Warrior

  Leo Tolstoy (2012). “War and Peace”, p.851, Modern Library

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  Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The most spiritual men, as the strongest, find their happiness where others would find their destruction: in the labyrinth, in hardness against themselves and others, in experiments. Their joy is self-conquest: asceticism becomes in them nature, need, and instinct. Difficult tasks are a privilege to them; to play with burdens that crush others, a recreation. Knowledge-a form of asceticism. They are the most venerable kind of man: that does not preclude their being the most cheerful and the kindliest.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Crush, Spiritual, Men

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.389, Penguin

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• Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.69, Courier Corporation

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• The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you've just done something as well as you can do it.

  Lloyd Dobyns

  Life, Motivational, Pride

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• One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Essays in Science”, p.11, Open Road Media

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• I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

  John Tyler

  Inspirational Life, Government, Presidential

  David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns

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• Love, the simplest, strongest, and most unforgiving of all emotions.

  Stephen King

  Emotion, Simplest, Unforgiving

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• The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Strength, Success

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• The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Fear, Halloween, Strong Emotions

  H.P. Lovecraft, Digital Papyrus (2014). “H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection (160 Works Including Early Writings, Fiction, Collaborations, Poetry, Essays & Bonus Audiobook Links)”, eBookIt.com

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• Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

  Laozi

  Love, Wisdom, Passion

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• Music is the strongest form of magic.

  Marilyn Manson

  Music, Magic, Form

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• Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

  Margaret Mead

  Relationship, Family, Sister

  Attributed to Margaret Mead in Ellyn Sanna "Sisters by Birth Friends by Choice: All the Things I Love About You", June 2003.

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• It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.

  Charles Darwin

  Intellectual, Able, Changing Environment

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• When he says we’re forgiven, let’s unload the guilt. When he says we’re valuable, let’s believe him. . . . When he says we’re provided for, let’s stop worrying. God’s efforts are strongest when our efforts are useless

  Max Lucado

  Faith, Forgiveness, God

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.640, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

  Caroline Myss

  Broken Heart, Forgiveness, Healing

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