Strength Quotes - Page 2

• Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

  August Wilson

  Pain, Illumination, Use

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• You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

  Aly Raisman

  Adversity, Good Day, Bad Day

  "Aly Raisman's Tips For Going After What You Want" by Macey Hall, www.seventeen.com. May 23, 2013.

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  It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

  Frederick Douglass

  Inspirational, Motivational, Being Strong

  "The 100 best nonfiction books: No 68 - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845)" by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2017.

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• Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees

  J. Willard Marriott

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Whatever is in me is stronger than what is out there to defeat me.

  Caroline Myss

  Being Strong, Stronger, Defeat

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  The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspiring, Dream, Disappointment

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 10, 2012

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  A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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• Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Spring, Emotional, Looks

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• Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Kindness, Caring

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• And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.

  Paulo Coelho

  Courage, Fear, Absence

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• The moment will arrive when you are comfortable with who you are, and what you are- bald or old or fat or poor, successful or struggling- when you don't feel the need to apologize for anything or to deny anything. To be comfortable in your own skin is the beginning of strength.

  Charles Handy

  Struggle, Successful, Skins

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• The sun shines not on us but in us.

  John Muir

  Inspirational, Emotional, Shining

  John Muir, Linnie Marsh Wolfe (1979). “John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir”, p.92, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• Just do what you do best.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Athlete

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• We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

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  Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.

  Corrie Ten Boom

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company

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• Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

  Sarah Dessen

  Inspirational, Life, Being Strong

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.327, Penguin

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• Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Hurt

  Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.85, Sophia Institute Press

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  The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

  Stephen King

  Bullying, Don't Give Up, Feet

  Stephen King (2008). “The Stand”, p.1645, Anchor

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• There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

  Booker T. Washington

  Positive, Success, Encouragement

  Booker T. Washington (1904*). “Address of Booker T. Washington, Principal of the Tuskegee Normal & Industrial Institute: Before the National Educational Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1904”

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• Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspiring, Courage, Honesty

  "Teen Ink: What Matters". Book by Stephanie H. Meyer, John Meyer and Peggy Veljkovic (p. 309), April 15, 2003.

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• Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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  Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

  Louis Pasteur

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

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  Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Peace, Strong, Patriotic

  Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

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• In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  The best way out is always through.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"

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