Strength Quotes - Page 27

• When we think about our strengths, we are strong. When we think about our weaknesses, we are weak.

  Peter A. Cohen

  Strong, Thinking, Focus

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• The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Strong, War, Helping

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.599, Best Books on

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• When Reagan was elected, I felt that the Agency had gone much more into the service of a political tendency in the country with which I had already felt very strong disagreement.

  Aldrich Ames

  Country, Strong, Agency

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• I will continue to advocate for a strong federal government role to establish the production, storage and distribution networks needed to support a hydrogen economy.

  Albert Wynn

  Strong, Government, Support

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• Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

  Frank Pittman

  Strong, Children, Eye

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• I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

  Conrad Veidt

  Strong, Should Have, Conquer

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• If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster!

  Dalai Lama

  Real, Painful Experiences, Tragedy

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• You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.

  Louise Erdrich

  Love You, Heart, Risk

  "The Painted Drum". Book by Louise Erdrich, www.npr.org. 2005.

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• Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.

  Marie Curie

  Inspirational, Confidence, Perseverance

  "Madame Curie: A Biography". Book by Eve Curie Labouisse translated by Vincent Sheean, 1937.

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• Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.

  James E. Faust

  Love You, Creativity, Expression

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• No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.

  Irving Stone

  Men, Horny, Toil

  Irving Stone (1981). “Irving Stone, three complete novels”, Random House Value Publishing

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• Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Believe, Optimistic, Positive Thinking

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.275, Vintage

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• I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

  Isabel Allende

  Strong, Loss, Happy Life

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• The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Fitness, Bodybuilding, Lifting Weights

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• Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.

  Martin Buber

  Martin Buber (2015). “Hasidism and Modern Man”, p.68, Princeton University Press

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• My family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength. I take comfort in knowing no matter which path I choose, my family stands behind me.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Knowing, Support, Comfort

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I do not attach much importance to America's bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Being Strong, Integrity, Power

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• Not to discover weakness is The Artifice of strength.

  Emily Dickinson

  Weakness, Artifice

  Emily Dickinson, Cristanne Miller (2016). “Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them”, p.461, Harvard University Press

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• There are some great roles mostly in Shakespeare's tragedies which no one can play at full strength from beginning to end. One simply hopes that one can hit the peaks as often as one has the strength.

  Peggy Ashcroft

  Play, Tragedy, Roles

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• Bhakti is a Social Force

  Pandurang Shastri Athavale

  Social, Bhakti, Force

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• I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Elephants, Wish, Use

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• Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Weakness, Dangerous

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1991). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: First lady of the world, her acclaimed columns, 1953-1962”

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• The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've overcome and how, and what they haven't and how that's become a good thing. Almost everyone's life is both a gorgeous story and a tragedy. I think being alive is really, really hard, and I'm constantly stunned and amazed by people who make it interesting and beautiful.

  Sarah Polley

  Beautiful, Strong, Thinking

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• Since the real purpose of meditation is to increase our capacity to help others, taking time each day to meditate is not selfish. We have to manage our time and energy in such a way that we can be of maximum benefit to others, and to do this we need time alone to recover our strength, collect our thoughts, and see things in perspective

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Time, Selfish, Real

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Eight Steps to Happiness: The Buddhist Way of Loving Kindness”, p.213, Tharpa Publications US

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• My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.

  Ajahn Brahm

  Teacher, Peace, Meditation

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