Strength Quotes

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

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"In adversity, character is revealed."
Livy
L
"The strength of mountains comes from their roots."
Livy
S
"Strength does not come from winning."
Suetonius
S
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Suetonius
H
"He who restrains the brutality of age will die neither poor nor powerless."
Horace
H
"He who fears no hardship is hardened against it."
Horace
H
"The greatest of all powers is the power over oneself."
Horace
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"True strength lies not in the sword but in the steadfastness of character."
Pliny the Younger
P
"The man who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers cities."
Pliny the Younger
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"Strength lies not in the sword but in the steadiness of purpose."
Tacitus
T
"Strength is not the absence of tears, but the will to continue."
Tacitus
A
"In moments of crisis, character reveals itself more clearly than in times of ease."
Ammianus Marcellinus
A
"The strength of an empire lies not in its armies alone, but in its institutions."
Ammianus Marcellinus
A
"The greatest strength of Rome lay in its capacity to adapt and endure."
Ammianus Marcellinus
P
"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."
Pliny the Elder
P
"The greatest conquest is the conquest of the self."
Pliny the Elder
P
"The strength of a chain is measured by its weakest link, and society by its poorest member."
Pliny the Elder
C
"Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory."
Cato the Younger
C
"True strength lies in submission which is the opposite of what the world teaches."
Cato the Younger
C
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Cato the Younger
L
"Strength comes from overcoming adversity."
Livy
L
"Strength is not the absence of weakness but the mastery of it."
Livy
C
"To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer a thousand men in battle"
Cato the Elder
C
"The strength of a nation lies in the character of its people"
Cato the Elder
C
"In unity there is strength"
Cato the Elder
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"To refrain from sin when one can sin is true strength."
Horace
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"He conquers who conquers himself."
Horace
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
Horace
H
"The greatest battles are fought within the human heart."
Horace
H
"The most powerful weapon is the human spirit."
Horace