Strength Quotes

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

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"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming what you thought you couldn't."
Ann Landers
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"Your strength is measured by how you treat those who can't help you."
Ann Landers
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"Our greatest potential lies not in denying our limitations, but in transcending them."
Alfred Adler
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"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
Alfred Adler
"When you have a problem, you don't run away from it; you run toward a solution."
Dear Abby
"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline and success."
Dear Abby
"True strength lies in vulnerability."
Dear Abby
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"We will go to remarkable lengths to avoid admitting we were wrong."
Leon Festinger
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"Dissonance is not weakness; it is evidence of a mind capable of self-reflection."
Leon Festinger
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"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Ann Landers
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"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."
Ann Landers
"The softest thing in the world overcomes the hardest."
Lao Tzu
"True strength is being able to be completely flexible."
Lao Tzu
"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty."
Lao Tzu
"Water is the softest substance, yet nothing is stronger."
Lao Tzu
"To yield is to remain whole; to bend is to become straight."
Lao Tzu
"What is soft is strong; what is strong is brittle."
Lao Tzu
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"A person who masters their inferiority feelings becomes their greatest strength."
Alfred Adler
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"The person who conquers themself is greater than one who conquers a thousand enemies."
Alfred Adler
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"True strength is knowing when to ask for help."
Alfred Adler
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"We grow strong by overcoming obstacles, not by avoiding them."
Alfred Adler
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"Strength comes from struggle."
Jimmy Breslin
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"True strength is quiet."
Jimmy Breslin
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"Strength is knowing when to fight and when to walk away."
Mike Royko
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"Strength comes from facing adversity."
Mike Royko
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
Russell Baker
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward some are strong at the broken places."
Ann Landers
"The softest thing in the world overcomes the hardest."
Lao Tzu
"The rigid tree breaks in the storm; the flexible one bends and survives."
Lao Tzu
"To stand with effort on tiptoes is not to stand firmly."
Lao Tzu