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Strength Quotes by George Eliot
- There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing…
- May I reach That purest heaven - be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony; Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love,…
- But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be mastered by love.…
- And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
- I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs…
- For we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them.
- I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles…
- ... we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them ...
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- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Our passion is our strength. — Billie Joe Armstrong
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- I have always drawn strength from being close to home. — Arthur Ashe
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day. — Chinua Achebe
- Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if… — Marcus Aurelius