Strength Quotes - Page 14

• My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Wedding, Common Sense, Chocolate

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• Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Positive, Being Strong

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• It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power -
  if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Giving, Acting, Want

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• Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.

  Meher Baba

  Greatness, Weakness, Delight

  Meher Baba's message dictated to Sanjeeva Reddy at Guruprasad (June 6, 1960), as quoted in Charles Benjamin Purdom "The God Man: The Life, Journeys and Work of Meher Baba with an Interpretation of His Silence and Spiritual Teaching" (p. 353), December 25, 1964.

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• My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.

  Mary Pratt

  People, Findings

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• In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Oct 17, 2011

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• All your strength in is your union. All your danger is in discord.
  Therefore be at peace henceforward, And as brothers live together.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Brother, Diversity, Together

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illustrated)”, p.430, Delphi Classics

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• The exhibition of real strength is never grotesque. Distortion is the agony of weakness. It is the dislocated mind whose movements are spasmodic.

  Robert Aris Willmott

  Real, Agony, Mind

  Robert Aris WILLMOTT (1851). “Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature”, p.40

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  There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

  Washington Irving

  Sad, Sympathy, Condolences

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  The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

  Thucydides

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Crush, Peace, Waiting

  Radio talk, 11 Sept. 1941

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• Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.

  Gene Sharp

  Confidence, Strong, Sacrifice

  "Gene Sharp: A dictator's worst nightmare". Interview with Mairi Mackay, www.cnn.com. June 25, 2012.

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• Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Being Strong, Art, Powerful

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.154, Shambhala Publications

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• Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Life, Being Strong

  "Twenty Sermons". Book by Phillips Brooks, p. 330, 1886.

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• Ask God to give you the strength to endure, and rest assured, He will take care of you.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Faith, Christian

  Joel Osteen (2008). “Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• Cunning is strength withheld.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Cunning

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• Never pray to God for release of your problems. Never pray to God to change your life, and to give you something better. This is wrong prayer. If you have to pray to God, pray to God to give you the strength and the wisdom and the courage that you need to be able to handle the situation that you're in. This is correct prayer.

  Robert Adams

  Life, Change, God

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• Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Faith, God, Christian

  Dwight L Moody (1996). “The Way To God: Moody Classics Series”, p.53, Moody Publishers

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• True health begins with your thoughts. Thinking about comfort, strength, flexibility and youthfulness attracts those qualities into your life and body. Dwelling on illness, fear, disease and pain does just the opposite. Your work is to notice and change your thoughts and move them in the direction of health and happiness.

  Christiane Northrup

  Change, Happiness, Pain

  Christiane Northrup, M.D. (2017). “A Daily Dose of Women's Wisdom”, p.38, Hay House, Inc

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• Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Being Strong, Strong Women, Defeat

  Alexandre Dumas (1912*). “Marguerite de Valois”

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• Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Twitter post from Jun 6, 2016

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• Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Tullian Tchividjian (2013). “One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World”, p.225, David C Cook

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• Smile doesn't mean that someone is happy. Sometimes it just means that you're strong.

  Zayn Malik

  Happiness, Smile, Being Strong

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• If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength you get tired. And if you get tired, you die!

  Saulo Ribeiro

  Art, Tired, Thinking

  "Saulo Ribeiro: 'We Should Drop The 'Brazilian' in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu'". Jits Magazine Interview (translated from French), www.bjjee.com. February 11, 2016.

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• Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

  Ann Landers

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Courage

  "Letting Go and Feeling Good About It" by Pamela Dussault, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2012.

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