Strength Quotes - Page 13

• The king's name is a tower of strength.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Names, Towers

  'Richard III' (1591) act 5, sc. 3, l. 12

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• The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of our island.

  William Blackstone

  Islands, Royal Wedding, Navy

  Commentaries on the Laws of England bk. 1, ch. 13 (1765)

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• Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

  James Russell Lowell

  Wisdom, Men, Moderation

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.147

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• Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

  Pierre Bonnard

  Accents, Whole

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• There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add no details that shall weaken it! Look first for the big things! 1st. Proportions! 2nd. Values - or masses of light and shade. 3rd. Details that will not spoil the beginnings!

  William Morris Hunt

  Light, Looks, Shade

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• I want to put strongly and completely all that is necessary, for things weakly said might as well not be said at all.

  Jean-Francois Millet

  Want, Might, Said

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• We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Beach, Courage

  Hansard 4 June 1940, col. 796

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• Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

  Peter Drucker

  Wise, Information Knowledge, Expectations

  Peter Drucker, Alan Kantrow, Rick Wartzman, Julia Kirby (2016). “Get the Right Things Done: The Drucker Collection (6 Items)”, p.33, Harvard Business Review Press

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• When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Don't Give Up, Courtesy, Latter

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Sports, Fitness, Successful

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• Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.

  Jennifer Armintrout

  Inspirational, Grief, Bereavement

  Jennifer Armintrout (2008). “Blood Ties Bundle: Blood Ties Book One: The Turning\Blood Ties Book Two: Possession\Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes\Blood Ties Book Four: All Souls' Night”, p.379, MIRA

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• Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

  Charles Lamb

  Children, Men, Weakness

  'Essays of Elia' (1823) 'Witches, and Other Night-Fears'

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• I think that we in our family don't need bombs and guns, to destroy to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Home, Gun

  Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1979.

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• If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

  Hal Borland

  Patience, Tree, Arbor Day

  Hal Borland (2014). “Beyond Your Doorstep: A Handbook to the Country”, p.77, Open Road Media

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• 'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

  Thomas Fuller

  Leadership, Skills, Ships

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• We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.

  Jackson Katz

  Change, Courage, Women

  "Violence against women — it's a men's issue". TEDxFiDiWomen, www.ted.com. November 2012.

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• Man must be arched and buttressed from within, else the temple wavers to the dust.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Men, Dust, Temples

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• By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

  Pema Chodron

  Buddhist, Knowing, Acting

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• Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Life, Sympathy, Peace

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• Our strength is that we don't have any weaknesses. Our weakness is that we don't have any real strengths.

  Frank Broyles

  Real, Stupid, Silly

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• Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. Think of the times when you rose above your average level of performance and carried out an idea or a dream or a desire for which you had deeply longed. Hang these pictures on the walls of your mind and look at them as you travel the roadway of life.

  James Whistler

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

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• And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.

  George Eliot

  Strong, Women, Half

  George Eliot “Daniel Deronda - Volume 2 of 2”, Lulu.com

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• Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.

  Michel Foucault

  Power, Names, Structure

  Michel Foucault (2012). “The History of Sexuality: An Introduction”, p.93, Vintage

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• If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Motivational, Success, Work

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• Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg.

  Haruki Murakami

  Wall, Two Sides, Eggs

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Nov 27, 2012

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