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Union gives strength.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Bundle of Sticks
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.': Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.: Anna Freud (1895 - 1982)
Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.: Arab Proverb
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.: Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.: Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.: Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
The crowd gives the leader new strength.: Evenius
The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.: Evenius
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
It is amazing how much crisper the general experience of life becomes when your body is given a chance to develop a little strength.: Frank Duff, A Coder in Courierland, 03-20-05
It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), The Social Contract, 1762
Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), Heart of Darkness
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.: Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.: Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 AD - 180 AD)
Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.: McCallister Dodds
Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing so gentle as real strength.: Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.: Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
Resilience was built from equal measures rest and determination.: Susan Kaye Quinn, Yet You Cry When It Hurts, 2023
Resilience wasn’t built only from rest and determination. A safety net wasn’t comprised of the strength of the rope alone, but the connections that spread the load.: Susan Kaye Quinn, Yet You Cry When It Hurts, 2023
God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Measure for Measure, 1604-1605

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