701 private quotes tagged strength

“If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.” — Francis Quarles

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“What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.” — Rick Warren

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“A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel

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“My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.” — Buffalo Bill

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“In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'” — Jimmy Carter

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“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.” — John Beecher

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“The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people.” — Lydia Sigourney

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“I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength.” — Dennis Nilsen

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“The strength of America is not in Washington.” — J. C. Watts

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“The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.” — Ninon de L'Enclos

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“Strength is one of those things you're supposed to have. You don't feel that you have it at the time you're going through it.” — Joan Didion

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“The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.” — Benjamin Banneker

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“A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.” — Gary Neville

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“I stopped thinking too much about what could happen and relied on my physical and mental strength to play the right shots at the right time.” — Novak Djokovic

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“Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome .” — Maria Weston Chapman

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“I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!” — Betty White

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“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” — Richard L. Evans

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“We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.” — Jennifer Granholm

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“If only the strength of the love that people feel when it is reciprocated could be as intense and obsessive as the love we feel when it is not then marriages would be truly made in heaven.” — Ben Elton

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“All the sudden high-impact stress can really take a toll on your body. So if you still want to be active and get in a good workout, go to a yoga class or pilates class, or get in some strength and conditioning.” — Sophia Bush

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“It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.” — Bob Keeshan

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“I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.” — Evita Peron

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“It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.” — Lillian Hellman

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