Strength Quotes

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Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength. — Ralph Washington Sockman
Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of… — Edward Said
Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows… — Mahatma Gandhi
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour, He stood and counted them and cursed his luck; And then the clock collected in the tower Its strength, and… — A. E. Housman
I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. — Josephine Baker
Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him. — Albert Einstein
...the limitations of my endurance were expanded over and over. At times I felt that if I did not sit down I would collapse. Then… — Marlo Morgan
Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it. — Thomas A. Edison
The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed… — Unknown Author
A woman is like a tea bag. She only knows her strength when put in hot water. — Nancy Reagan
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by. — Unknown Author
There exists a special self which takes every event as if it were the very thing you wanted to happen. That self is the Supermind,… — Vernon Howard
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a… — Samuel Johnson
Joy and happiness are the indicators of balance in a human machine...An inner joyousness, amounting to ecstasy, is the normal condition of the genius mind.… — Walter Russell
Scheele, it was said, never forgot anything if it had to do with chemistry. He never forgot the look, the feel, the smell of a… — Oliver Sacks
Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding, can expect only to improve a single science. In every other part of learning,… — Samuel Johnson
I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found our refuge in science. ...… — Freeman Dyson
Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion… — John Owen

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