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Strong Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.
- There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
- A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us
- 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…
- A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events;…
- The language of the street is always strong.
- Fractures well cured make us more strong.
- If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak…
- But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that…
- We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
- He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time.
- And truly it demands something god like in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for…
- The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations…
- The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity for facts, who…
- Now that is the wisdom of a man, in every instance of his labor, to hitch his wagon to a star, and see his chore…
- It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a pine-stump. With it…
- There are people who have an appetite for grief; pleasure is not strong enough and they crave pain. They have mithridatic stomachs which must be…
- All power is of one kind, a sharing of the nature of the world. The mind that is parallel with the laws of nature will…
- There are men whose language is strong and defying enough, yet their eyes and their actions ask leave of other men to live.
- Not gold but only men can makeA people great and strong;Men who for truth and honors sakeStand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work…
- Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
- Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
- Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his…
- A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled, the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and…
- Say thank you! I want to hear you say it now. Out loud. 'Thank you.' You're saying thank you because your faith is so strong…
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- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail. — Mary Astell
- Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight… — Marcus Aurelius
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing… — Edward Bach
- I think that it's important that the American people know that Barack Obama didn't have a mild association with Bill Ayers, he… — Michele Bachmann
- We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's… — Michele Bachmann
- I grew up with all mothers, all women. I come from a long line of matriarchs, very strong women. — Erykah Badu
- I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to… — David Bailey
- I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The… — Alan Ball