Strength Quotes

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

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"We do not inherit the earth; we must earn our place within it through deeds of valor."
Pericles
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"The strength of a nation lies not in its walls, but in the character of its people."
Pericles
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"He who conquers himself is greater than he who takes a city."
Xenophon
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"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
Xenophon
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"Strength of character is not built in quiet, but in crisis."
Xenophon
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"The patient must combat the disease together with the physician."
Hippocrates
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"For extreme diseases, extreme remedies are most appropriate."
Hippocrates
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"The patient is the active not the passive agent in his own cure."
Hippocrates
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"Distance measured is distance understood; distance understood is distance conquered."
Eratosthenes
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"The strong must be just to the weak."
Thucydides
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"Greatness is not in being strong, but in the right use of strength."
Thucydides
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"True strength lies not in dominating others, but in mastering oneself."
Pericles
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"The mind's strength often determines the body's recovery."
Galen
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"The body's strength grows through appropriate challenges."
Galen
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"The body's capacity for self-healing is often underestimated."
Galen
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"The measure of a man is what he does with power."
Xenophon
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"The human spirit is indomitable if the will is strong."
Xenophon
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"Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most."
Thucydides
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"Those who believe themselves invincible are most vulnerable."
Thucydides
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"The strong are often merciful to those they could easily destroy."
Thucydides
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"In the crucible of conflict, the weak are separated from the strong."
Thucydides
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"The physician's greatest weapon is his intellect."
Galen
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"There is nothing better than to rule oneself"
Herodotus
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"The country that must be conquered is within"
Herodotus
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"The brave man is the man who overcomes not his enemies but himself"
Herodotus
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"Strength is the gift of labor."
Hippocrates
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"In the athlete, the love of victory is fierce."
Pindar
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"In every one of us lies a hero that is waiting to be called forth."
Pindar
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"The mind is stronger than the body."
Pindar
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"He who conquers himself is greater than he who takes a city."
Xenophon