701 private quotes tagged strength

“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.” — John F. Kennedy

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Khalil Gibran

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“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.” — Blaise Pascal

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“May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.” — Swami Vivekananda

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“Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.” — Albert Einstein

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“Women may fall when there's no strength in men.” — William Shakespeare

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“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.” — John F. Kennedy

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“You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.” — Benjamin Disraeli

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“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.” — Sigmund Freud

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“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” — Vincent Van Gogh

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“Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” — Woodrow Wilson

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“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” — Samuel Johnson

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“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” — Thomas Paine

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“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” — Maya Angelou

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