Strength Quotes

Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.

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"A wise man is strong, a strong man is wise."
Apuleius
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"Strength is revealed not in glory, but in grace."
Apuleius
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"Strength without compassion is cruelty."
Apuleius
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"Strength comes from within."
Martial
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"Inner strength is unbreakable."
Martial
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"The greatest strength lies in knowing one's own weakness."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Strength of character outlasts strength of body."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Strength does not come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."
Suetonius
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"The human capacity for burden is like bamboo - far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance."
Suetonius
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"A man of courage is also a man of sinew and muscle in the performance of his duties."
Plutarch
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"There is no shame in defeat so long as the spirit was unconquered."
Plutarch
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"Cruelty and cowardice go hand in hand."
Tacitus
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"The seeds of greatness are planted in adversity."
Tacitus
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"Strength is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."
Tacitus
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"A man without integrity is like a house built upon sand."
Juvenal
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"The weak condemn; the strong forgive."
Juvenal
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"The man who conquers his temper conquers his greatest enemy."
Juvenal
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"Strength lies not in the body, but in the spirit."
Juvenal
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"Force without wisdom falls of its own weight."
Horace
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"Strength is the product of struggle."
Horace
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"The mind is willing but the flesh is weak."
Horace
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"Strength is not measured in muscles, but in character."
Martial
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"Strength grows in the soil of struggle."
Martial
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"True strength lies in gentleness."
Livy
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"Strength does not come from winning."
Livy
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"True strength lies in gentleness."
Pliny the Younger
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"Strength grows in the moments when you think you can't go on but you continue anyway."
Pliny the Younger
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"Strength is not about how much you can carry, but how much you can let go."
Pliny the Younger
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"Strength of character manifests not in moments of comfort, but in trials of deprivation."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Those possessed of true strength rarely need to display it."
Ammianus Marcellinus